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.

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

treachery, deceit

(CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained

1. (Qal)

   1. to dance

   2. to twist, writhe

   3. to whirl, whirl about

2. (Polel)

   1. to dance

   2. to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth

   3. to wait anxiously

3. (Pulal)

   1. to be made to writhe, be made to bear

   2. to be brought forth

4. (Hophal) to be born

5. (Hithpolel)

   1. whirling (participle)

   2. writhing, suffering torture (participle)

   3. to wait longingly

6. (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed

1. (Qal)

   1. to put on clothes, be clothed, wear

   2. to put on, be clothed with (fig.)

2. (Pual) to be fully clothed

3. (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress

exceedingly, much

might, force, abundance

muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly

1. force, might

2. exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree)

   1. exceedingly

   2. up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly

   3. with muchness, muchness

queen

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

to be conspicuous, tell, make known

1. (Hiphil) to tell, declare

   1. to tell, announce, report

   2. to declare, make known, expound

   3. to inform of

   4. to publish, declare, proclaim

   5. to avow, acknowledge, confess

      1. messenger (participle)

2. (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

girl, damsel, female servant

1. girl, damsel, little girl

   1. of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute

2. maid, female attendant, female servant

to turn aside, depart

1. (Qal)

   1. to turn aside, turn in unto

   2. to depart, depart from way, avoid

   3. to be removed

   4. to come to an end

2. (Polel) to turn aside

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose

   2. to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish

4. (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed

official, eunuch

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

to take, receive, be before

1. (Piel)

   1. to take, choose, receive

   2. to accept

   3. to accept, assume

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to show oppositeness

   2. to correspond, receive one to the other

to send, send away, let go, stretch out

1. (Qal)

   1. to send

   2. to stretch out, extend, direct

   3. to send away

   4. to let loose

2. (Niphal) to be sent

3. (Piel)

   1. to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out

   2. to let go, set free

   3. to shoot forth (of branches)

   4. to let down

   5. to shoot

4. (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled

5. (Hiphil) to send

mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking

1. sack (for grain)

2. sackcloth

   1. worn in mourning or humiliation

   2. same material spread out to lie on