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Esther 2

Esther 2:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Esther
'Ecter (Hebrew #635)
Ester, the Jewish heroine
KJV usage: Esther.
Pronounce: es-tare'
Origin: of Persian derivation
had not yet showed
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
her kindred
mowledeth (Hebrew #4138)
nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
KJV usage: begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity).
Pronounce: mo-leh'-deth
Origin: from 3205
nor her people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; as Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
had charged
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
her: forf Esther
'Ecter (Hebrew #635)
Ester, the Jewish heroine
KJV usage: Esther.
Pronounce: es-tare'
Origin: of Persian derivation
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
the commandment
ma'amar (Hebrew #3982)
something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict
KJV usage: commandment, decree.
Pronounce: mah-am-ar'
Origin: from 559
of Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
, like as when she was brought up
'omnah (Hebrew #545)
tutelage
KJV usage: brought up.
Pronounce: om-naw'
Origin: feminine of 544 (in the specific sense of training)
with him.
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Eph. 6:1‑3• 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
 2Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:1‑3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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had not yet shewed.
Esther 2:10• 10Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it. (Esther 2:10)
for Esther.
Eph. 6:1‑3• 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
 2Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:1‑3)
• He did not want to gain any personal advantage from Esther's position, for he had ordered Esther not to disclose her kindred nor her people (chap. 2:10,20). He waits for the moment which God has fixed to reveal the purpose for which a daughter of Israel, the enslaved people, had been raised up. (1 Sam. 2:8). (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)
• In spite of her high station, she remains subject to Mordecai. No position can set aside the sense of indebtedness towards a benefactor, nor the natural obligations of children to their parents. (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)