King James Version
Esther 2:1 in the King James Version says “After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what...” — study this verse from Esther chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.”
Esther 2:1 · KJV
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: unto the: Heb. unto the hand Hege: or, Hegai
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“After”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“these things”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“was appeased”
H7918to weave (i.e., lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)
“Ahasuerus”
H325achashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
“he remembered”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and what she had done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and what was decreed”
H1504to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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