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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 - At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head. He wanted the nobles and all the other men to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when they conveyed the king’s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. This made the king furious, and he burned with anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “What must be done to Queen Vashti?” the king demanded. “What penalty does the law provide for a queen who refuses to obey the king’s orders, properly sent through his eunuchs?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - After that, the young woman who most pleases the king will be made queen instead of Vashti.” This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti.
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