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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?” he asked. “She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, “Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For the queen’s conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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