What Does Esther 1:20 Mean?

“shall be published”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“decree”

a (judicial) sentence

“And when the king's”

a king

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he shall make”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“throughout all his empire”

a rule; concretely, a dominion

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for it is great”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the wives”

a woman

“shall give”

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

“honour”

value, i.e., (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity

“to their husbands”

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

“both to great”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“and small”

abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)