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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

H1881

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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 - And he said,

“Yahweh came from Sinai,

And He [fn]dawned on them from Seir;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

And He came from the [fn]midst of ten thousand holy ones;

At His right hand there was [fn]flashing lightning for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - Then they gave the king’s edicts H1881 to the king’s satraps and to the governors in the provinces beyond the [fn]River, and they supported the people and the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - And the drinking was done according to the law H1881; there was no compulsion, for so the king had established it for each official of his household—that he should do according to what pleased each person.

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Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times—for it was the custom of the king thus to speak before all who knew law H1881 and justice

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law H1881, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not do the declaration of King Ahasuerus delivered by the hand of the eunuchs?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws H1881 of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 -

Now it happened that when the word and law H1881 of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s [fn]house into the hand of Hegai, who kept charge of the women.

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Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations H1881 for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws H1881 are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws H1881, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law H1881 in every province was revealed to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the word of the king. And the law H1881 was given at the citadel in Susa. Now the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each and every province where the word and law H1881 of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave him a copy of the written law H1881 which had been given in Susa for their destruction, in order to show Esther and to tell her and to command her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to seek him out for her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law H1881, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law H1881; and if I perish, I perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law H1881 in each and every province was revealed to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - The couriers, hurried and hastened by the king’s word, went out, riding on the royal steeds; and the law H1881 was given out at the citadel in Susa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s word and his law H1881 reached, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a [fn]holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

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Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth [fn]day when the king’s word and law H1881 had reached the point for them to be done, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain power over them, it was turned around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Then Esther said, “If it is good to the king, let tomorrow also be given to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law H1881 for today; and let Haman’s 10 sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king said that it should be done so; and a law H1881 was given in Susa, and Haman’s 10 sons were hanged.
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