Esther 6
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442826× in this chapter
a king
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83416× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָמַרʼâmarH55912× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָמָןHâmânH200110× in this chapter
Haman, a Persian vizier
- אֵתʼêthH85310× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62138× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- יְקָרyᵉqârH33667× in this chapter
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
- מׇרְדְּכַיMordᵉkayH47827× in this chapter
Mordecai, an Israelite
- חָפֵץchâphêtsH26546× in this chapter
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
- אִישׁʼîyshH3766× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9356× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- סוּסçûwçH54835× in this chapter
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64405× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- לְבוּשׁlᵉbûwshH38304× in this chapter
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
- נָפַלnâphalH53074× in this chapter
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
- דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- חָצֵרchâtsêrH26913× in this chapter
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לָבַשׁlâbashH38473× in this chapter
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- רָכַבrâkabH73923× in this chapter
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- זֶרֶשׁZereshH22382× in this chapter
Zeresh, Haman's wife
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîyH30642× in this chapter
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
- כָּכָהkâkâhH36022× in this chapter
just so, referring to the previous or following context
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָקַחlâqachH39472× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מִיmîyH43102× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- מַלְכוּתmalkûwthH44382× in this chapter
a rule; concretely, a dominion
- נַעַרnaʻarH52882× in this chapter
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- סָרִיסçârîyçH56312× in this chapter
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
- עִירʻîyrH58922× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עִםʻimH59732× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72182× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)