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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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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - As a result, all the king's servants who were at the king's gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - And after they had spoken to him day after day without his paying any attention to them, they informed Haman to see whether this attitude on Mordecai's part would be permitted. Furthermore, he had disclosed to them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus' reign, pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king's laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - The king replied to Haman, "Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The messengers scurried forth with the king's order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - The king replied, "Find Haman quickly so that we can do as Esther requests." So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have found favor in the king's sight and if the king is inclined to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time I will do as the king wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king's gate, and he did not rise nor tremble in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home. He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king's other officials and servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman said, "Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Haman's wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented." It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - Then the king said, "Who is that in the courtyard?" Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - The king's attendants said to him, "It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him enter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - The king then said to Haman, "Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Don't neglect a single thing of all that you have said."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, "So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, "If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived. They quickly brought Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - Esther replied, "The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!" Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, "Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king's behalf. It stands near Haman's home and is seventy-five feet high." The king said, "Hang him on it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king's rage then abated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - Then Esther again spoke with the king, falling at his feet. She wept and begged him for mercy, that he might nullify the evil of Haman the Agagite which he had intended against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - She said, "If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king's provinces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have already given Haman's estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - Then the king said to Queen Esther, "In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today's law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them.
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