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Esther 2

Est. 2:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he δbrought up
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
Hadassah
Hadaccah (Hebrew #1919)
Hadassah (or Esther)
KJV usage: Hadassah.
Pronounce: had-as-saw'
Origin: feminine of 1918
, that is, Esther
'Ecter (Hebrew #635)
Ester, the Jewish heroine
KJV usage: Esther.
Pronounce: es-tare'
Origin: of Persian derivation
, his uncle’s
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
: for she had neither father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
nor mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
, and the maid
na`arah (Hebrew #5291)
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
KJV usage: damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
Pronounce: nah-ar-aw'
Origin: feminine of 5288
was ζfair
to'ar (Hebrew #8389)
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
KJV usage: + beautiful, X comely, countenance, + fair, X favoured, form, X goodly, X resemble, visage.
Pronounce: to'-ar
Origin: from 8388
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
and beautiful
mar'eh (Hebrew #4758)
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV usage: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
Pronounce: mar-eh'
Origin: from 7200
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
; whom Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
, when her father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
and mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
were dead
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
, took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
for his own daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
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brought up.
Heb. nourished.
Hadassah.
his uncle's.
fair and beautiful.
Heb. fair of form and good ofcountenance.
took.
 The Gentile reigns and does according to his will, taking at his pleasure one of the daughters of Benjamin for his wife. Sad condition, indeed, for the people of God! A position contrary to all divine law, to all faithfulness under other circumstances, but here not leading even to expostulation. The people of Israel are lost here as to their own state. But God acts in His sovereignty, and makes use of this sorrowful evidence of their position to preserve them from the destruction with which they were threatened. (ESTHER by J.N. Darby)
 Hadassah or Esther. The first of her names which signifies "myrtle," agrees well with her whose perfume of beauty and grace spread around her and won the hearts of others (Esther 2:7,9,15,17). Her second name, Esther, means "star," a name which goes with the high position for which she was destined. (Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther by H.L. Rossier)
 He remembered the Lord's instructions relative to the orphans and His care for them (Ex. 22:22; Deut. 14:29; Hos. 14:3), and walked in this respect according to the thought of God. (Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther by H.L. Rossier)
 Esther is far from her country and an orphan, a type of Israel before their restoration (Lam. 5:3). But Mordecai adopts her, loves her and raises her. She responds to his care by her submission and affection. Mordecai has taken her for his daughter and, as a faithful child of Israel, instructed in the law, she knows what is expected of her and displays her obedience to him (chap. 2:10). (Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother—and the maiden was fair and beautiful—and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.