Esther 3:13
Old Testament • 28 words with Strong's data
"And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סֵפֶר
çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אַיִל
ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an o...
מְדִינָה
mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
Study H4082 →סֵפֶר çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Study H5612 →אַיִל ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Study H352 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →Cross References
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD ...
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street...
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the kin...
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
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