Esther 1:14
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)"
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרוֹב
qârôwb
near (in place, kindred or time)
כַּרְשְׁנָא
Karshᵉnâʼ
Karshena, a courtier of Xerxes
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshîysh
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an I...
מְמוּכָן
Mᵉmûwkân
Memucan or Momucan, a Persian satrap
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
פָּרַס
Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
Key Terms in This Verse
תַּרְשִׁישׁ Tarshîysh
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
Study H8659 →פָּרַס Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Study H6539 →Cross References
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, whic...
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
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