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Lexicon :: Strong's H2060 - vaštî

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וַשְׁתִּי
Transliteration
vaštî
Pronunciation
vash-tee'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian origin
Strong’s Definitions

וַשְׁתִּי Vashtîy, vash-tee'; of Persian origin; Vashti, the queen of Xerxes:—Vashti.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H2060 in the following manner: Vashti (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H2060 in the following manner: Vashti (10x).
  1. Vashti = "beautiful"

    1. the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
וַשְׁתִּי Vashtîy, vash-tee'; of Persian origin; Vashti, the queen of Xerxes:—Vashti.
STRONGS H2060: Abbreviations
וַשְׁתִּי proper name, feminine (= Persian (Zend) vahista, best, compare JustiHdb. d. Zendsprache, 272) queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) king of Persia, Esther 1:9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19; Esther 2:1, 4, 17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

1:9; 1:11; 1:12; 1:15; 1:16; 1:17; 1:19; 2:1; 2:4; 2:17

H2060

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2060 matches the Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי (vaštî),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown,[fn] in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For the queen’s behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt,[fn] since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the young woman who pleases the king[fn] be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown[fn] on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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