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Lexicon :: Strong's H1881 - dāṯ

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דָּת
Transliteration
dāṯ
Pronunciation
dawth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
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TWOT Reference: 458

Strong’s Definitions

דָּת dâth, dawth; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; a royal edict or statute:—commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H1881 in the following manner: law (9x), decree (9x), commandment (2x), manner (1x), commission (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H1881 in the following manner: law (9x), decree (9x), commandment (2x), manner (1x), commission (1x).

  1. decree, law, edict, regulation, usage

    1. decree, edict, commission

    2. law, rule

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּת dâth, dawth; of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; a royal edict or statute:—commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
STRONGS H1881: Abbreviations
† דָּת noun feminineEsther 3:15 decree, law, usage, only in Persian period (Biblical Aramaic Late Hebrew id., Syriac aTfD or aTxD; Persian loan-word, Old Persian dâta, law, SpiegAPK 225) — ד׳ absolute Esther 1:8 + 9 times; construct דַּת Esther 2:12, דָּת Esther 9:13; suffix דָּתוֺ Esther 2:8 + 4 times; plural construct דָּתֵי Ezra 8:36 + 2 times; suffix דָּתַיהֶם Esther 3:8; —
1. decree, edict, commission of Persian king Ezra 8:36 (word elsewhere only in Esther) Esther 2:8 (|| דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ), Esther 4:3 (|| id.) Esther 8:17 (|| id.) Esther 9:1 (|| id.; with עשׂה execute) compare also Esther 9:13; with verb נָתַן Esther 3:14, 15; Esther 8:13, 14; Esther 9:14; written כְּתָבהַֿדָּת Esther 4:8 (compare Esther 3:14; Esther 8:13).
2. law, permanently valid and applicable, וְיִכָּתֵב בְּדָתֵי מָּרַסוּֿמָדַי וְלֹא יַעֲבוֺר Esther 1:19 compare Esther 1:15; Esther 4:11, 16; יֹדְעֵי דָּת וָדִין Esther 1:13 those that understood law and judgment; דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esther 3:8; of laws of the Jews in Persia Esther 3:8; even of rules for drinking at a feast Esther 1:8; for purifying of women Esther 2:12. — The distinction between 1 & 2 is not absolute. The king's will was law, and the royal edict (דְּבַר מַלְכוּת) concerning Vashti was reckoned among the laws (דָּתֵי) of the Persians & Medes (Esther 1:19). — In Deuteronomy 33:2 MT אֵשׁ דָּת לָמוֺ fire was a law for them is corrupt; many emendations proposed, compare Di; Di suggests דֹת [לַמִּ] אֵשׁ fire of flames, flaming fire, compare הַלַּמִּידִם Exodus 20:18 (but לַמִּדֹת plural in תֹ֯ not in OT unless as proper name), or (better), דֶת [יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ a burning fire, compare Isaiah 65:5 (different sense).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1882.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:18

Deuteronomy

33:2

Ezra

8:36; 8:36

Esther

1:8; 1:8; 1:13; 1:15; 1:19; 1:19; 2:8; 2:8; 2:12; 2:12; 3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 4:3; 4:8; 4:11; 4:16; 8:13; 8:13; 8:14; 8:17; 9:1; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14

Isaiah

65:5

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Strong's Number H1881 matches the Hebrew דָּת (dāṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - And he said, The Lord is come from Sina, and has appeared from Seir to us, and has hasted out of the mount of Pharan, with the ten thousands of [fn]Cades; on his right hand were his angels with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - And he said to his friends, Thus has Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this case law and judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - And because the king's ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now this was the time for a virgin to go in to the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women's purifications.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - And he gave him the copy of the writing that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, said he, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out his golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast ye for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king's commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - And Esther said to the king, Let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them to-morrow as to hang the ten sons of Aman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.
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