Esther 9:25
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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...
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
סֵפֶר
çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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 ...
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →סֵפֶר çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Study H5612 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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