Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

Bigthan = "in their wine-press"

1. a eunuch in king Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) court

to seek, require, desire, exact, request

1. (Piel)

   1. to seek to find

   2. to seek to secure

   3. to seek the face

   4. to desire, demand

   5. to require, exact

   6. to ask, request

2. (Pual) to be sought

hand

1. hand (of man)

2. strength, power (fig.)

3. side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)

4. (various special, technical senses)

   1. sign, monument

   2. part, fractional part, share

   3. time, repetition

   4. axle-trees, axle

   5. stays, support (for laver)

   6. tenons (in tabernacle)

   7. a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)

   8. wrists

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

king

to find, attain to

1. (Qal)

   1. to find

      1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

      2. to find (what is lost)

      3. to meet, encounter

      4. to find (a condition)

      5. to learn, devise

   2. to find out

      1. to find out

      2. to detect

      3. to guess

   3. to come upon, light upon

      1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

      2. to hit

      3. to befall

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be found

      1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

      2. to appear, be recognised

      3. to be discovered, be detected

      4. to be gained, be secured

   2. to be, be found

      1. to be found in

      2. to be in the possession of

      3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

      4. to be left (after war)

      5. to be present

      6. to prove to be

      7. to be found sufficient, be enough

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to find, attain

   2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

   3. to cause to encounter

   4. to present (offering)

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

a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl

1. basin, goblet

threshold, sill

1. threshold, sill, door-keeper

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 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

to keep, guard, observe, give heed

1. (Qal)

   1. to keep, have charge of

   2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life

      1. watch, watchman (participle)

   3. to watch for, wait for

   4. to watch, observe

   5. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)

   6. to keep (within bounds), restrain

   7. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)

   8. to keep, preserve, protect

   9. to keep, reserve

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware

   2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain

   3. to be kept, be guarded

3. (Piel) to keep, pay heed

4. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)

Teresh = "strictness"

1. one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai