Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 2:17 - Royal
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
loved | H157 | אָהַב |
[Verb] to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
Esther | H635 | אֶסְתֵּר |
[Proper Name Feminine] {Ester} the Jewish heroine |
above all | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the women | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
and she obtained | H5375 | נָשָׂא |
[Verb] to {lift} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} absolutely and relatively |
grace | H2580 | חֵן |
[Noun Masculine] {graciousness} that {is} subjectively ({kindness } favor) or objectively (beauty) |
and favour | H2617 | חֵסֵד |
[Noun Masculine] kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) {reproof} or (subjectively) beauty |
in his sight | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
more than all | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the virgins | H1330 | בְּתוּלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state |
so that he set | H7760 | שׂוּם |
[Verb] to put (used in a great variety of {applications} {literally} {figuratively} inferentially and elliptically) |
the royal | H4438 | מַלְכוּת |
[Noun Feminine] a rule; concretely a dominion |
crown | H3804 | כֶּתֶר |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {circlet} that {is} a diadem |
upon her head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
and made her queen | H4427 | מָלַךְ |
[Verb] to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel |
instead | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
of Vashti | H2060 | וַשְׁתִּי |
[Proper Name Feminine] {Vashti} the queen of Xerxes |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.