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Esther 1

Esther 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When he showed
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the riches
`osher (Hebrew #6239)
wealth
KJV usage: X far (richer), riches.
Pronounce: o'-sher
Origin: from 6238
of his glorious
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
kingdom
malkuwth (Hebrew #4438)
or (in plural) malkuyah {mal-koo-yah'}; from 4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion
KJV usage: empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mal-kooth'
Origin: or malkuth {mal-kooth'}
and the honor
yqar (Hebrew #3366)
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
KJV usage: honour, precious (things), price.
Pronounce: yek-awr'
Origin: from 3365
of his excellent
tiph'arah (Hebrew #8597)
from 6286; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beauty(- iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), hono; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively):--beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.
Pronounce: tif-aw-raw'
Origin: or tiphereth {tif-eh'-reth}
majesty
gduwlah (Hebrew #1420)
or (less accurately) gduwllah {ghed-ool-law'}; feminine of 1419; greatness; (concretely) mighty acts
KJV usage: dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
Pronounce: ghed-oo-law'
Origin: or (shortened) gdullah {ghed-ool-law'}
many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, even an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
and fourscore
shmoniym (Hebrew #8084)
mult. from 8083; eighty, also eightieth
KJV usage: eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
Pronounce: shem-o-neem'
Origin: or shmowniym {shem-o-neem'}
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Ministry on This Verse

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When he.
Isa. 39:2• 2And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. (Isa. 39:2)
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Ezek. 28:5• 5by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches. (Ezek. 28:5)
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Dan. 4:30• 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? (Dan. 4:30)
the riches.
Psa. 76:1‑4• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth; a psalm of Asaph, a song.{HR}God [is] known in Judah,{HR}Great his name in Israel;
 2And in Salem his pavilion{HR}And his dwelling-place in Zion.
 3There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow,{HR}The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
 4Splendid [art] thou, glorious,{HR}More than the mountains of prey. (Psa. 76:1‑4)
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Psa. 145:5,12‑13• 5The majesty of the glory of thine honour,{HR}And the words of thy wonders, I will meditate.
 12To make known to the sons of men his mighty deeds,{HR}And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
 13Thy kingdom [is] a kingdom of all ages,{HR}And thy dominion through all generations. (Psa. 145:5,12‑13)
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Dan. 2:37‑44• 37Thou, O king, art a king of kings for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
 38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
 39And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee; {i}then another third kingdom of brass, which shall{/i} bear rule over all the earth.
 40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
 41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. There shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
 43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: But they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (Dan. 2:37‑44)
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Dan. 7:9‑14• 9I beheld till the thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
 10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
 11I beheld them because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.
 12As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
 13I saw in the night visions{i}, and behold, there{/i} came with the clouds of heaven, one like the Son of man, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
 14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. 7:9‑14)
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Matt. 4:8• 8{i}Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,{/i} (Matt. 4:8)
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Matt. 6:13• 13{i}and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.{/i} (Matt. 6:13)
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Rom. 9:23• 23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory— (Rom. 9:23)
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Eph. 1:18• 18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints; (Eph. 1:18)
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Col. 1:27• 27to whom God wished to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Col. 1:27)
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Rev. 4:11• 11Thou art worthy, O Lord [and our God], to receive the glory and the honour and the power: for thou createdest all things, and because of thy will they were and were created. (Rev. 4:11)
excellent.
1 Chron. 29:11‑12,25• 11Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
 12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
 25And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. (1 Chron. 29:11‑12,25)
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Job 40:10• 10Put on, then, majesty and grandeur,{HR}And honour and beauty put on; (Job 40:10)
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Psa. 21:5• 5Great [is] his glory in thy salvation;{HR}Majesty and honour thou puttest upon him. (Psa. 21:5)
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Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon the thigh,{HR}Ο mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty. (Psa. 45:3)
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Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth; [with] majesty he is clothed,{HR}[With] strength he girdeth himself:{HR}Yea the world is established,{HR}It shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Dan. 4:36• 36{i}At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my nobles sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me.{/i} (Dan. 4:36)
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Dan. 5:18• 18{i}O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;{/i} (Dan. 5:18)
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2 Peter 1:16‑17• 16For we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, not following cleverly devised fables, but made eyewitnesses of his majesty.
 17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when such a voice was borne to him by the magnificent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I found my delight; (2 Peter 1:16‑17)
• Dan. 7:5. The description expresses in a striking manner the character of the second kingdom. It is greediness and rapacity coupled with the voracity and cruelty of the beast of prey. In effect, the power of the Persian enriched itself by the spoiling of the conquered upon whom they imposed their intolerable yoke, and this for the satisfying of the tastes and unbridled desires of the luxury and enjoyments of the kings, the satraps and courtiers. (“Chapter 1: The Gentile Power” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.

W. Kelly Translation

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when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.