Esther 3:3
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
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