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Esther 2

Esther 2:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
Esther
'Ecter (Hebrew #635)
Ester, the Jewish heroine
KJV usage: Esther.
Pronounce: es-tare'
Origin: of Persian derivation
above all the women
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and she obtained
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
grace
chen (Hebrew #2580)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
Pronounce: khane
Origin: from 2603
and σfavor
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
τin his sight
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
more than all the virgins
bthuwlah (Hebrew #1330)
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
KJV usage: maid, virgin.
Pronounce: beth-oo-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate
; so that he set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
the royal
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'}
crown
kether (Hebrew #3804)
properly, a circlet, i.e. a diadem
KJV usage: crown.
Pronounce: keh'-ther
Origin: from 3803
upon her head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, and made her queen
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
instead of Vashti
Vashtiy (Hebrew #2060)
Vashti, the queen of Xerxes
KJV usage: Vashti.
Pronounce: vash-tee'
Origin: of Persian origin
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σ
or, kindness.
τ
before him.

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Crown,
Esther,
Head,
King,
Queen,
Vashti,
Virgin; Virginity,
Woman

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Ministry on This Verse

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favour.
or, kindness.
in his sight.
Heb. before him.
sothat he set.
Esther 4:14• 14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14)
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1 Sam. 2:8• 8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:8)
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Psa. 75:6‑7• 6For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation come:
 7For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another. (Psa. 75:6‑7)
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Psa. 113:7‑8• 7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
 8To set him among nobles, among the nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)
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Ezek. 17:24• 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it. (Ezek. 17:24)
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Luke 1:48‑52• 48For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
 49For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy is his name;
 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.
 51He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty ones in the thought of their heart.
 52He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:48‑52)
Bishop Patrick observes, that those who suggest that Esther committed a great sin to come at the dignity of queen of Persia, do not consider the custom of those times and countries.
Every one that the king took to his bed was married to him, and was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was to Abraham.
• The Gentile queen — figure of the Church — is replaced by the Jewish spouse, figure of the future Israel. (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)
• We cannot help but see again a striking picture of Israel and the sentiments of Jehovah's heart for His people. Jer. 31:3. Isa. 49:23. Isa. 62:2-4. (Isa.2:2) (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)
• How could a daughter of Israel mix with the daughters of the uncircumcised? How could she consent to be united to a Gentile, even if he were the king? How could Mordecai, himself so faithful to his Jewish position, consent to this? ....We must consider the designs of God who undertook for His people in a hidden manner and directed everything to hinder the enemy from accomplishing their ruin. He availed Himself of everything, even the feebleness of His saints who sometimes give in to the pressure of circumstances. He is Lord of the law and ordinances, which He has established. He dispenses His grace, and in a moment of distress even David could eat of the loaves of showbread, which he was not really permitted to eat, nor those with him (Matt. 12:4). Do we not see this same grace which extends beyond the limits of ordinances in some of the alliances between some of God's people and those of the nations? Joseph espoused Asanath (Gen. 41:45); Solomon took to wife Rahab and Boaz was united to Ruth the Moabitess (Matt. 1:5). We need not be surprised, therefore, to see Esther become the wife of Ahasuerus. Mordecai, as we have said, was a man of faith; he desired the welfare of his people, and since God had permitted that Esther's beauty draw upon her the attention of the royal commissioners, without his having done anything to promote it, he trusted in the Lord, who, through Esther, undertook in favor of the Jews. (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins, and he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.