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Esther 9

Esther 9:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Mordecai
Mordkay (Hebrew #4782)
Mordecai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Mordecai.
Pronounce: mor-dek-ah'-ee
Origin: of foreign derivation
wrote
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
these things
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, and 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
letters
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
unto all the Jews
Yhuwdiy (Hebrew #3064)
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
KJV usage: Jew.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 3063
that were 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 the 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)
, both nigh
qarowb (Hebrew #7138)
from 7126; near (in place, kindred or time)
KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Pronounce: kaw-robe'
Origin: or qarob {kaw-robe'}
and far
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
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Ahasuerus,
Jew,
King,
Mordecai,
Writing

Cross References

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Mordecai.That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some understand it.wrote these.
Ex. 17:14• 14And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens. (Ex. 17:14)
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Deut. 31:19‑22• 19And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
 20For I shall bring them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, which floweth with milk and honey; and they will eat and fill themselves, and wax fat, and will turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
 21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination which they are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn unto them.
 22And Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel. (Deut. 31:19‑22)
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1 Chron. 16:12• 12Remember his wondrous works which he hath done; His miracles, and the judgments of his mouth: (1 Chron. 16:12)
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Psa. 124:1‑3• 1A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us--oh let Israel say--
 2If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,
 3Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; (Psa. 124:1‑3)
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Psa. 145:4‑12• 4One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
 5I will speak of the glorious splendour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
 6And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare.
 7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 8Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.
 9Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.
 10All thy works shall praise thee, Jehovah, and thy saints shall bless thee.
 11They shall tell of the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power;
 12To make known to the children of men his mighty acts, and the glorious splendour of his kingdom. (Psa. 145:4‑12)
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2 Cor. 1:10‑11• 10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;
 11ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us. (2 Cor. 1:10‑11)
in all the provinces.
Esther 1:1,22• 1And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),
 22And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people. (Esther 1:1,22)
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Esther 3:12• 12Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month, and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. (Esther 3:12)
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Esther 8:9• 9Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language. (Esther 8:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,