Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 3:12 - Month
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Then were the king's scribes | H5608 | סָפַר |
[Verb] properly to score with a mark as a tally or {record} that {is} (by implication) to {inscribe} and also to enumerate; intensively to {recount} that {is} celebrate |
called | H7121 | קָרָא |
[Verb] to call out to (that {is} properly address by {name} but used in a wide variety of applications) |
on the thirteenth | H7969 | שָׁלוֹשׁ |
[Noun] a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) {third} or (multiplicative) thrice |
day | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
of the first | H7223 | רִאשׁוֹן |
[Adjective] {first} in {place} time or rank (as adjective or noun) |
month | H2320 | חֹדֶשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the new moon; by implication a month |
and there was written | H3789 | כָּתַב |
[Verb] to grave; by implication to write ({describe} {inscribe} {prescribe} subscribe) |
according to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
that | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
Haman | H2001 | הָמָן |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Haman} a Persian vizier |
had commanded | H6680 | צָוָה |
[Verb] (intensively) to {constitute} enjoin |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the king's lieutenants | H323 | אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן |
[Noun Masculine] a satrap or governor of a main province (of Persia) |
and to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the governors | H6346 | פֶּחָה |
[Noun Masculine] a prefect (of a city or small district) |
that | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
were over | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
every province | H4082 | מְדִינָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a {judgeship} that {is} jurisdiction; by implication a district (as ruled by a judge); generally a region |
and to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the rulers | H8269 | שַׂר |
[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class) |
of every 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 |
of every province | H4082 | מְדִינָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a {judgeship} that {is} jurisdiction; by implication a district (as ruled by a judge); generally a region |
according to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the writing | H3791 | כָּתָב |
[Noun Masculine] something {written} that {is} a {writing} record or book |
thereof and to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
every 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 |
after their language | H3956 | לָשׁוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the tongue (of man or {animals}) used literally (as the instrument of {licking} {eating} or {speech}) and figuratively ({speech} an {ingot} a fork of {flame} a cove of water) |
in the name | H8034 | שֵׁם |
[Noun Masculine] compare H8064); an {appellation} as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication {honor} {authority } character |
of king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
Ahasuerus | H325 | אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ |
[Proper Name Masculine] Achashverosh (that {is} Ahasuerus or {Artaxerxes} but in this case {Xerxes}) the title (rather than name) of a Persian king |
was it written | H3789 | כָּתַב |
[Verb] to grave; by implication to write ({describe} {inscribe} {prescribe} subscribe) |
and sealed | H2856 | חָתַם |
[Verb] to close up; especially to seal |
with the king's ring | H2885 | טַבַּעַת |
[Noun Masculine] properly a seal (as sunk into the {wax}) that {is} signet (for sealing); hence (generically) a ring of any kind |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.