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Esther 9

Esther 9:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus 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
smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
all their enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
with the stroke
makkah (Hebrew #4347)
(plural only) from 5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV usage: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).
Pronounce: mak-kaw'
Origin: or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}
of the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and slaughter
hereg (Hebrew #2027)
slaughter
KJV usage: be slain, slaughter.
Pronounce: heh'-reg
Origin: from 2026
, and destruction
'abdan (Hebrew #12)
a perishing
KJV usage: destruction.
Pronounce: ab-dawn'
Origin: from 6
, and 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
κwhat they would
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
unto those that hated
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
them.
κ
according to their will.

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Cross References

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smote.
Psa. 18:34‑40,47‑48• 34Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;
 35And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.
 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.
 37I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
 38I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
 39And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
 40And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
 47The *God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;
 48Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me. (Psa. 18:34‑40,47‑48)
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Psa. 20:7‑8• 7Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God.
 8They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright. (Psa. 20:7‑8)
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Psa. 149:6‑9• 6Let the high praises of *God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:
 7To execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;
 8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
 9To execute upon them the judgment written. This honour have all his saints. Hallelujah! (Psa. 149:6‑9)
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2 Thess. 1:6• 6if at least it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you, (2 Thess. 1:6)
the stroke.
Jer. 18:21• 21Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle. (Jer. 18:21)
what they would.
Heb. according to their will.The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction.
Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more.
How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation!
Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.