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Esther 2

Esther 2:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when 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
were gathered together
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
the second time
sheniy (Hebrew #8145)
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
KJV usage: again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).
Pronounce: shay-nee'
Origin: from 8138
, then Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
e in the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
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Esther 3:2• 2And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (Esther 3:2)

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Gate,
King,
Mordecai,
Virgin; Virginity

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the virgins.
Esther 2:3‑4• 3and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.
 4And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. (Esther 2:3‑4)
sat in the king's gate.
Esther 2:21• 21In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. (Esther 2:21)
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Esther 3:2‑3• 2And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
 3Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? (Esther 3:2‑3)
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Esther 5:13• 13Yet all this is of no avail to me so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. (Esther 5:13)
• Mordecai "sat in the king's gate" which indicates that he occupied a position among the servants of the king of Persia (chap. 2:19). (Comp. Esther 3:2-3; Dan. 2:49.) Nehemiah was cup-bearer to the king and in favor with him (Neh. 2:1-8), and we know the great dignity accorded to Daniel at the court of the kings of Babylon and those of the kings of Persia which succeeded them (Dan. 2:48; 4:1-3). Thus, those poor Jewish captives, although often oppressed, had someone of their own at the court of the kings in power. God showed in this way that He did not forget His people. (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.