(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

strength, might

1. strength

2. might, valour, bravery

3. might, mighty deeds (of God)

greatness

1. of man

2. of God's greatness (as an attribute)

to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things

1. (Qal)

   1. to grow up

   2. to become great

   3. to be magnified

2. (Piel)

   1. to cause to grow

   2. to make great, powerful

   3. to magnify

3. (Pual) to be brought up

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to make great

   2. to magnify

   3. to do great things

5. (Hithpael) to magnify oneself

speech, word, speaking, thing

1. speech

2. saying, utterance

3. word, words

4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

they, these, the same, who

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

to write, record, enrol

1. (Qal)

   1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on

   2. to write down, describe in writing

   3. to register, enrol, record

   4. to decree

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be written

   2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled

3. (Piel) to continue writing

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land"

1. a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media

   proper locative noun

2. land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

king

deed, work

1. deed, thing done, act

2. work, labour

3. business, pursuit

4. undertaking, enterprise

5. achievement

6. deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment)

7. work, thing made

8. work (of God)

9. product

Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"

1. cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim

2. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

book

missive, document, writing, book

1. missive

   1. letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree

2. legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign

3. book, scroll

   1. book of prophecies

   2. genealogical register

   3. law-book

   4. book (of poems)

   5. book (of kings)

   6. books of the canon, scripture

   7. record book (of God)

4. book-learning, writing

   1. be able to read (after verb 'to know')

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south

   1. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

2. the people of the Persian empire

exact statement, declaration

authority, power, strength, energy