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Esther 3

Esther 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Haman
Haman (Hebrew #2001)
Haman, a Persian vizier
KJV usage: Haman.
Pronounce: haw-mawn'
Origin: of foreign derivation
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Ahasuerus
'Achashverowsh (Hebrew #325)
of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king
KJV usage: Ahasuerus.
Pronounce: akh-ash-vay-rosh'
Origin: or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10:1)
, There is
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
a certain
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
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
scattered abroad
pazar (Hebrew #6340)
to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
KJV usage: disperse, scatter (abroad).
Pronounce: paw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
and dispersed
parad (Hebrew #6504)
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
KJV usage: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Pronounce: paw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
among the 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
in all the provinces
mdiynah (Hebrew #4082)
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
KJV usage: (X every) province.
Pronounce: med-ee-naw'
Origin: from 1777
of thy 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'}
; andx their laws
dath (Hebrew #1881)
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation: a royal edict or statute
KJV usage: commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
Pronounce: dawth
are diverse
shanah (Hebrew #8138)
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.
Pronounce: shaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
from all 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
; neither keep
`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
they the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
laws
dath (Hebrew #1881)
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation: a royal edict or statute
KJV usage: commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
Pronounce: dawth
: therefore it is not νfor the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
profit
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
to suffer
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
them.
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Ezra 4:13• 13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. (Ezra 4:13)
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Acts 16:20• 20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, (Acts 16:20)
ν
meet, or, equal.

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Ahasuerus,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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scattered abroad.
Lev. 26:33• 33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. (Lev. 26:33)
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Deut. 4:27• 27And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. (Deut. 4:27)
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Deut. 30:3• 3That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. (Deut. 30:3)
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Deut. 32:26• 26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: (Deut. 32:26)
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Neh. 1:8• 8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: (Neh. 1:8)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)
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Ezek. 6:8• 8Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. (Ezek. 6:8)
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Ezek. 11:16• 16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezek. 11:16)
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Zech. 7:14• 14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. (Zech. 7:14)
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John 7:35• 35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? (John 7:35)
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James 1:1• 1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. (James 1:1)
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1 Peter 1:1• 1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (1 Peter 1:1)
their laws.
Ezra 4:12‑15• 12Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
 13Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
 14Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
 15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. (Ezra 4:12‑15)
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Acts 16:20‑21• 20And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
 21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. (Acts 16:20‑21)
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Acts 17:6‑7• 6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
 7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. (Acts 17:6‑7)
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Acts 24:5• 5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (Acts 24:5)
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Acts 28:22• 22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. (Acts 28:22)
for the king's profit to.
Heb. meet, or equal for the kingto, etc.
• {3:8-9} The Jews thus are viewed as a people dispersed throughout all the nations of the vast empire of Ahasuerus. Nevertheless, though in the midst of nations, they always remained Jews, a separate people by their manners, their customs, their religion and their observances. (“Chapter 2: The Jews” by H.L. Rossier)
• The ordinances and prohibitions of their God were above every commandment and every injunction of man whoever he might be. "We ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29. But the accusation of Haman was not truthful. On this point we would remark that generally the enemies of the faithful have made use of this weapon against them to bring down upon them the rigors of the authorities and hatred of the people. (“Chapter 2: The Jews” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king’s laws; and it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.