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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• 34Instructing my hands for the war;{HR}And a bow of brass is bent [by] mine arms.
 35And thou givest unto me a shield, thy salvation;{HR}And thy right hand upholdeth me,{HR}And thy meekness maketh me great.
 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped.
 37I pursue mine enemies and overtake them,{HR}And I turn not back until they are destroyed.
 38I break them in pieces and they are not able to rise;{HR}They fall under my feet.
 39And thou girdest me with strength for the battle,{HR}Thou causest to bow down under me those that rise up against me.
 40And mine enemies, thou turnest their back to me;{HR}And my haters—I will destroy them.
 47The God who giveth revenges unto me{HR}And subdueth peoples under me,
 48My deliverer from mine enemies yea,{HR}Thou liftest me up from among those who rise up against me,{HR}From a man of violence thou deliverest me. (Psa. 18:34‑40,47‑48)
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Psa. 20:7‑8• 7These of chariots and these of horses,{HR}But we of the name of Jehovah our God make mention,
 8They have bent and have fallen;{HR}But we have risen and keep ourselves upright. (Psa. 20:7‑8)
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Psa. 149:6‑9• 6Exultations of God in their throat,{HR}And a two-edged sword in their hand,
 7To do vengeance on the nations,{HR}Punishments on the Gentiles;
 8To bind their kings with chains{HR}And their nobles with fetters of iron;
 9To execute on them the judgment written:{HR}This honour have all his saints.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 149:6‑9)
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2 Thess. 1:6• 6if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to those who 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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