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Esther 4

Esther 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So Esther’s
'Ecter (Hebrew #635)
Ester, the Jewish heroine
KJV usage: Esther.
Pronounce: es-tare'
Origin: of Persian derivation
maids
na`arah (Hebrew #5291)
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
KJV usage: damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
Pronounce: nah-ar-aw'
Origin: feminine of 5288
and her κchamberlains
cariyc (Hebrew #5631)
from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
KJV usage: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare 7249.
Pronounce: saw-reece'
Origin: or caric {saw-reece'}
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
and told
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
it her. Then was the queen
malkah (Hebrew #4436)
a queen
KJV usage: queen.
Pronounce: mal-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 4428
exceedingly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
grieved
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
; and she sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
raiment
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
to clothe
labash (Hebrew #3847)
a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Pronounce: law-bash'
Origin: or labesh {law-bashe'}
Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
, and to take away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
his sackcloth
saq (Hebrew #8242)
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
KJV usage: sack(-cloth, -clothes).
Pronounce: sak
Origin: from 8264
from him: butu he received
qabal (Hebrew #6901)
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-)take.
Pronounce: kaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
it not.
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eunuchs.
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Psa. 77:2• 2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted. (Psa. 77:2)

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Ministry on This Verse

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chamberlains.
Heb. eunuchs.
Esther 1:12• 12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was sent by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him. (Esther 1:12)
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1 Sam. 8:15• 15And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants. (1 Sam. 8:15)
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1 Sam. 8•  (1 Sam. 8)
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2 Kings 9:32• 32And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him. (2 Kings 9:32)
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Isa. 56:3• 3And let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak saying, Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree; (Isa. 56:3)
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Acts 8:27• 27And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem, (Acts 8:27)
but he received it not.
Gen. 37:35• 35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Gen. 37:35)
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Psa. 77:2• 2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted. (Psa. 77:2)
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Jer. 31:15• 15Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping,--Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not. (Jer. 31:15)
• But how could he accept any kind of consolation while his people stood in such peril? The feelings that filled his heart were much like those of Asaph: "O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? . . . Remember Thy congregation . . . . They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together . . . . O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?" Psa. 74:1-10. And his soul "refused to be comforted." Psa. 77:2. His lament was not on his own account but for his nation. (“Chapter 3: Mordecai and Esther” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received it not.