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Lexicon :: Strong's H635 - 'estēr

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אֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration
'estēr
Pronunciation
es-tare'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֶסְתֵּר ʼEçtêr, es-tare'; of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine:—Esther.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H635 in the following manner: Esther (55x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H635 in the following manner: Esther (55x).

  1. Esther = "star"

    1. the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther - daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶסְתֵּר ʼEçtêr, es-tare'; of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine:—Esther.
STRONGS H635: Abbreviations
אֶסְתֵּר proper name, feminine Esther (Persian stâra, star) — daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of tribe of Benjamin; made queen in Vashti's place by Ahasuerus; her Jewish name H1919 הֲדַסָּת which see, Esther 2:7, 8, 10, 11, 15 (twice in verse); Esther 2:16, 17 + 47 times Esther.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

2:7; 2:8; 2:10; 2:11; 2:15; 2:16; 2:17

H635

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Strong's Number H635 matches the Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר ('estēr),
which occurs 55 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was the guardian of [fn]Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. The young woman was beautiful of form and [fn]face; and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her in as his own daughter.

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So it came about when the king’s command and his decree were proclaimed and when many young women were gathered together in the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s palace [and placed] in the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:10 - Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - Every day Mordecai [who was an [fn]attendant in the king’s court] walked back and forth in front of the courtyard of the harem to learn how Esther was getting along and what was happening to her.

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Now as for Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her in as his [own] daughter, when her turn came to go in to the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch [and attendant] who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the sight of all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, to his royal palace in the tenth month, that is, the month of Tebeth (Dec-Jan), in the seventh year of his reign.

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Now the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the [other] virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen in the place of Vashti.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and his servants; and he made a [fn]festival for the provinces and gave gifts in accordance with the resources of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:20 - Esther had not revealed her family or her people [that is, her Jewish background], just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her just as when she was under his care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the plot became known to Mordecai, who informed Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai’s name.

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When Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her [what had happened], the queen was seized by great fear. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai so that he would remove his sackcloth, but he did not accept them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to find out what this issue was and why it had come about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai also gave him a copy of the text of the decree which had been issued in Susa for the Jews destruction, so that he might show Esther and explain it to her, and order her to go in to the king to seek his favor and plead with him for [the lives of] her people.

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Hathach came back and told Esther what Mordecai had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - So they told Mordecai what Esther had said.

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Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.

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On the third day [of the fast] Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace opposite his [throne] room. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the [main] entrance of the palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she found favor in his sight; and the king extended to her the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you, [fn]up to half of the kingdom.”

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

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Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly so that we may do as Esther says.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - As they drank their wine at the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your [fn]petition? It shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:7 - Then Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman also said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the banquet she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am invited by her [together] with the king.

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While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs (attendants) arrived and hurriedly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom, it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be spared as my petition, and my people [be spared] as my request;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who dares to do such a thing?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - Then in his fury, the king stood up from drinking wine and went into the palace garden [to decide what he should do]; but Haman stayed to plead for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even attempt to assault the queen with me in the palace?” As the king spoke those words, the servants covered Haman’s face [in preparation for execution].

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On that day King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) gave the [fn]house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, because Esther had disclosed what [[fn]relation] he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - The king took off his signet ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai in charge of the house of Haman.

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Then Esther spoke again to the king and fell down at his feet and wept and implored him to avert the evil plot of Haman the Agagite and his plan which he had devised against the Jews [because the decree to annihilate the Jews was still in effect].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:4 - Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he stretched out his hand against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. What is your further request? It shall also be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to act tomorrow also in accordance with the decree of today; and let [the dead bodies of] Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full power and authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish these days of Purim [to be observed] at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions regarding their times of fasting and their lamentations (expressions of needing help).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:32 - The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book [of the royal archives].
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