Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 7:4 - Bondmen
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
we are sold | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
and my people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
to be destroyed | H8045 | שָׁמַד |
[Verb] to desolate |
to be slain | H2026 | הָרַג |
[Verb] to smite with deadly intent |
and to perish | H6 | אָבַד |
[Verb] properly to wander {away} that is lose oneself; by implication to perish ({causatively} destroy) |
But if | H432 | אִלּוּ |
[Conjunction] {nay} that {is} (softened) if |
we had been sold | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
bondmen | H5650 | עֶבֶד |
[Noun Masculine] a servant |
and bondwomen | H8198 | שִׁפְחָה |
see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household) |
I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
had held my tongue | H2790 | חָרַשׁ |
[Verb] to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) |
although | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the enemy | H6862 | צַר |
[Adjective] narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually {figuratively} that {is} trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitively) an opponent (as crowding) |
could not | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
countervail | H7737 | שָׁוָה |
[Verb] properly to {level} that {is} equalize; figuratively to resemble; by implication to adjust (that {is} {counterbalance} be {suitable} {compose} {place} {yield} etc.) |
the king's damage | H5143 | נֵזֶק |
[Noun Masculine] loss |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.