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Lexicon :: Strong's H2001 - hāmān

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הָמָן
Transliteration
hāmān
Pronunciation
haw-mawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

  1. Haman = "magnificent"

    1. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.
STRONGS H2001: Abbreviations
† הָמָן proper name, masculine Haman, favourite of Ahasuerus (etymology dubious; according to JenVOJ 1892, 58 ff. = Elamite proper name, of divinity Humban, or Humman) — Esther 3:1 + 53 times in Esther.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:1

H2001

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2001 matches the Hebrew הָמָן (hāmān),
which occurs 54 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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After these things, King Ahasuerus magnified Haman H2001, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman H2001, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow down or prostrate himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now it happened when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman H2001 to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - Then Haman H2001 saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or prostrating himself before him. So Haman H2001 was filled with wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman H2001 sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman H2001 from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman H2001 said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - Then the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman H2001, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said to Haman H2001, “The silver is [fn]yours, and the people also, to do with them according to what is good in your eyes.”

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Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman H2001 commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the word of the king. And the law was given at the citadel in Susa. Now the king and Haman H2001 sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of silver that Haman H2001 had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries to cause the Jews to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, may the king and Haman H2001 come this day to the feast that I have prepared for him.”

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Then the king said, “Bring Haman H2001 quickly that we may do the word of Esther.” So the king and Haman H2001 came to the feast which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to give heed to [fn]my petition and to do [fn]my request, may the king and Haman H2001 come to the feast which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”

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Then Haman H2001 went out that day glad and merry of heart; but when Haman H2001 saw Mordecai in the king’s gate and that he did not stand up or [fn]tremble before him, Haman H2001 was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - But Haman H2001 controlled himself, went to his house, and sent for and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - Then Haman H2001 recounted to them the glory of his riches and the [fn]number of his sons and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had [fn]advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman H2001 also said, “Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the feast which she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am called to come to her with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a [fn]gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman H2001, so he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman H2001 had entered the outer court of the king’s house in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had set up for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - And the king’s young men said to him, “Behold, Haman H2001 is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman H2001 came in, and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman H2001 said in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Then Haman H2001 said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

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Then the king said to Haman H2001, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman H2001 took the robe and the horse and clothed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square and called out before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”

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Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman H2001 hastened home, mourning, with his head covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman H2001 recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him.”

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While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs reached Haman’s home and hastily brought Haman H2001 to the feast which Esther had prepared.

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Then the king and Haman H2001 came to drink wine with Esther the queen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - So Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman H2001!” Then Haman H2001 became terrified before the king and queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king arose in his wrath from [fn]drinking wine and went into the garden of his palace; but Haman H2001 stayed to seek for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that calamity had been determined against him by the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Now the king returned from the garden of his palace into the [fn]place where they were drinking wine. And Haman H2001 was falling on the couch where Esther was. So the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s H2001 face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king, said, “Behold indeed, the gallows—which Haman H2001 made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king—are standing at Haman’s H2001 house fifty cubits high!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged Haman H2001 on the [fn]gallows which he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s wrath subsided.

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On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman H2001, the adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - And the king removed his signet ring, which he had taken away from Haman H2001, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman H2001.

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Then Esther spoke again to the king, fell at his feet, wept, and implored him to [fn]repeal the evil scheme of Haman H2001 the Agagite and his scheme which he had devised against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - Then she said, “If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the letters devised by Haman H2001, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given the house of Haman H2001 to Esther, and him they have hanged on the [fn]gallows because he had sent forth his hand against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the 10 sons of Haman H2001 the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ adversary; but they did not send forth their hand for the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - So the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and caused to perish 500 men and the 10 sons of Haman H2001 at the citadel in Susa. Now in the rest of the king’s provinces, what have they done? So what is [fn]your petition? It shall even be given to you. And what is [fn]your further request? It shall also be done.”

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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 for today; and let Haman’s H2001 10 sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king said that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and Haman’s H2001 10 sons were hanged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman H2001 the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to cause them to perish and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to throw them into confusion and cause them to perish.
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