Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 1:8 - Law
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the drinking | H8360 | שְׁתִיָּה |
[Noun Feminine] potation |
was according to | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the law | H1881 | דָּת |
[Noun Feminine] a royal edict or statute |
none | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
did compel | H597 | אָנַס |
[Verb] To insist |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
so | H3651 | כֵּן |
[Adverb] properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to {manner} time and relation; often with other particles) |
the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
had appointed | H3245 | יָסַד |
[Verb] to set (literally or figuratively); intensively to found; reflexively to sit down {together} that {is} {settle } consult |
to | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the officers | H7227 | רַב |
[Adjective] abundant (in {quantity} {size} {age} {number} {rank} quality) |
of his house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
that they should do | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
according to | 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 man's pleasure | H7522 | רָצוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] delight |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.