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Esther 9

Est. 9:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus the Jews
Yhuwdiy (Hebrew #3064)
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
KJV usage: Jew.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 3063
smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
all their enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
with the stroke
makkah (Hebrew #4347)
(plural only) from 5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV usage: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).
Pronounce: mak-kaw'
Origin: or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}
of the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and slaughter
hereg (Hebrew #2027)
slaughter
KJV usage: be slain, slaughter.
Pronounce: heh'-reg
Origin: from 2026
, and destruction
'abdan (Hebrew #12)
a perishing
KJV usage: destruction.
Pronounce: ab-dawn'
Origin: from 6
, and did
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
κwhat they would
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
unto those that hated
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
them.
κ
according to their will.

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Cross References

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smote.
Sal. 18:34‑40,47‑48• 34Quien enseña mis manos para la batalla, Y será quebrado con mis brazos el arco de acero.
 35Dísteme asimismo el escudo de tu salud: Y tu diestra me sustentó, Y tu benignidad me ha acrecentado.
 36Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, Y no titubearon mis rodillas.
 37Perseguido he mis enemigos, y alcancélos, Y no volví hasta acabarlos.
 38Helos herido, y no podrán levantarse: Cayeron debajo de mis pies.
 39Pues me ceñiste de fortaleza para la pelea; Has agobiado mis enemigos debajo de mí.
 40Y dísteme la cerviz de mis enemigos, Y destruí á los que me aborrecían.
 47El Dios que me da las venganzas, Y sujetó pueblos á mí.
 48Mi libertador de mis enemigos: Hicísteme también superior de mis adversarios; Librásteme de varón violento. (Sal. 18:34‑40,47‑48)
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Sal. 20:7‑8• 7Estos confían en carros, y aquéllos en caballos: Mas nosotros del nombre de Jehová nuestro Dios tendremos memoria.
 8Ellos arrodillaron, y cayeron; Mas nosotros nos levantamos, y nos enhestamos. (Sal. 20:7‑8)
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Sal. 149:6‑9• 6Ensalzamientos de Dios modularán en sus gargantas. Y espadas de dos filos habrá en sus manos;
 7Para hacer venganza de las gentes, Y castigo en los pueblos;
 8Para aprisionar sus reyes en grillos, Y sus nobles con cadenas de hierro;
 9Para ejecutar en ellos el juicio escrito: Gloria será esta para todos sus santos. Aleluya. (Sal. 149:6‑9)
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2 Ts. 1:6• 6Porque es justo para con Dios pagar con tribulación á los que os atribulan; (2 Ts. 1:6)
the stroke.
Jer. 18:21• 21Por tanto, entrega sus hijos á hambre, y hazlos derramar por medio de la espada; y queden sus mujeres sin hijos, y viudas; y sus maridos sean puestos á muerte, y sus jóvenes heridos á cuchillo en la guerra. (Jer. 18:21)
what they would.
Heb. according to their will.The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction.
Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more.
How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation!
Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.