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Esther 1

Esther 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That in those days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, when 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)
sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
on the throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
of his 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'}
, which was in Shushan
Shuwshan (Hebrew #7800)
Shushan, a place in Persia
KJV usage: Shushan.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: the same as 7799
e the palace
biyrah (Hebrew #1002)
a castle or palace
KJV usage: palace.
Pronounce: bee-raw'
Origin: of foreign origin
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Neh. 1:1• 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress, (Neh. 1:1)

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Ahasuerus,
King,
Palace,
Shushan,
Throne

Cross References

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2 Sam. 7:1• 1And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies, (2 Sam. 7:1)
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1 Kings 1:46• 46And also Solomon is sitting on the throne of the kingdom. (1 Kings 1:46)
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Dan. 4:4• 4I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. (Dan. 4:4)
Shushan.
Esther 2:3• 3and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given. (Esther 2:3)
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Esther 3:15• 15The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation. (Esther 3:15)
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Esther 4:16• 16Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:16)
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Esther 9:12‑15• 12And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
 13And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
 14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
 15And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey. (Esther 9:12‑15)
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Neh. 1:1• 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress, (Neh. 1:1)
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Dan. 8:2• 2And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. (Dan. 8:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortressc,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "fortified palace."