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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• 34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
 35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
 37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
 38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
 40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
 47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
 48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. (Psa. 18:34‑40,47‑48)
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Psa. 20:7‑8• 7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
 8They are brought 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 twoedged sword in their hand;
 7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
 8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
 9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 149:6‑9)
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2 Thess. 1:6• 6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; (2 Thess. 1:6)
the stroke.
Jer. 18:21• 21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain 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.