Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 2:21 - Lay
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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In those | H1992 | הֵם |
[Masculine] they (only used when emphatic) |
days | 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) |
while Mordecai | H4782 | מׇרְדְּכַי |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Mordecai} an Israelite |
sat | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
in the king's gate | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
two | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
of the king's chamberlains | H5631 | סָרִיס |
[Noun Masculine] a eunuch; by implication valet (especially of the female {apartments}) and thus a minister of state |
Bigthan | H904 | בִּגְתָן |
[Proper Name Masculine] Bigthan or {Bigthana} a eunuch of Xerxes |
and Teresh | H8657 | תֶּרֶשׁ |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Teresh} a eunuch of Xerxes |
of those | H1992 | הֵם |
[Masculine] they (only used when emphatic) |
which kept | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the door | H5592 | סַף |
[Noun Masculine] a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine) |
were wroth | H7107 | קָצַף |
[Verb] to crack {off} that {is} (figuratively) burst out in rage |
and sought | H1245 | בָּקַשׁ |
[Verb] to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after |
to lay | H7971 | שָׁלַח |
[Verb] to send {away} {for} or out (in a great variety of applications) |
hand | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
on the 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 |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.