Esther 5:1

Old Testament • 27 words with Strong's data

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Now it

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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to

עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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on the

שְׁלִישִׁי

shᵉlîyshîy

H7992

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

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יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

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...

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that

אֶסְתֵּר

ʼEçtêr

H635

Ester, the Jewish heroine

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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on her

מַלְכוּת

malkûwth

H4438

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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לְבוּשׁ

lᵉbûwsh

H3830

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife

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and

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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in the

פְּנִימִי

pᵉnîymîy

H6442

interior

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חָצֵר

châtsêr

H2691

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

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of the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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over

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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upon his

מַלְכוּת

malkûwth

H4438

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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כִּסֵּא

kiççêʼ

H3678

properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

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in the

מַלְכוּת

malkûwth

H4438

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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over

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

שַׁעַר

shaʻar

H8179

an opening, i.e. door or gate

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of the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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Key Terms in This Verse

apparel H3830

לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh

a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife

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royal H4438

מַלְכוּת malkûwth

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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royal H4438

מַלְכוּת malkûwth

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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royal H4438

מַלְכוּת malkûwth

a rule; concretely, a dominion

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inner H6442

פְּנִימִי pᵉnîymîy

interior

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Esther H635

אֶסְתֵּר ʼEçtêr

Ester, the Jewish heroine

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court H2691

חָצֵר châtsêr

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

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throne H3678

כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ

properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

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third H7992

שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

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sat H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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Cross References

Esther 6:4 cross-reference

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Esther 4:16 cross-reference

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto...

Revelation 3:21 cross-reference

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Luke 22:30 cross-reference

That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Esther 1:11 cross-reference

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

Matthew 10:16 cross-reference

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Esther 8:15 cross-reference

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced an...

Matthew 27:64 cross-reference

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall...

Esther 4:11 cross-reference

All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of hi...

Matthew 11:8 cross-reference

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

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