Strong's Lexicon So the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: 1) Jew agreed to continue וְקִבֵּל֙ (wə·qib·bêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6901: 1) to take, receive, be before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to take, choose, receive 1a2) to accept 1a3) to accept, assume 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show oppositeness 1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other the custom לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze they had started, הֵחֵ֖לּוּ (hê·ḥêl·lū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2490: 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a1a) ritually 1a1b) sexually 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour 1b3) to violate (a covenant) 1b4) to treat as common 1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let be profaned 1d2) to begin 1e) (Hophal) to be begun 2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore 2a) (Qal) to pierce 2b) (Pual) to be slain 2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce 2d) (Poal) to be wounded 3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe as אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if Mordecai מָרְדֳּכַ֖י (mā·rə·do·ḵay) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4782: Mordecai = 'little man' or 'worshipper of Mars' 1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim 2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel had written כָּתַ֥ב (kā·ṯaḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3789: 1) to write, record, enrol 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on 1a2) to write down, describe in writing 1a3) to register, enrol, record 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be written 1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled 1c) (Piel) to continue writing to them. אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them. Young's Literal Translation And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them, Holman Christian Standard Bible So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do. New American Standard Bible Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. King James Bible And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Parallel Verses New International Version So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. New Living Translation So the Jews accepted Mordecai's proposal and adopted this annual custom. English Standard Version So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. New American Standard Bible Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. King James Bible And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Holman Christian Standard Bible So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do. International Standard Version So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them, NET Bible So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them. American Standard Version And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; English Revised Version And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Young's Literal Translation And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them, Cross References Esther 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. Esther 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) Esther 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, Esther 9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, Esther 9:25 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. Esther 9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, Jump to Previous Accepted Agreed Begun Celebration Continue Custom Jews Mordecai Mor'decai Orders Received Started Undertook Word Writing WrittenJump to Next Accepted Agreed Begun Celebration Continue Custom Jews Mordecai Mor'decai Orders Received Started Undertook Word Writing WrittenLinks Esther 9:23 NIVEsther 9:23 NLT Esther 9:23 ESV Esther 9:23 NASB Esther 9:23 KJV Esther 9:23 Bible Apps Esther 9:23 Parallel Esther 9:23 Biblia Paralela Esther 9:23 Chinese Bible Esther 9:23 French Bible Esther 9:23 German Bible Esther 9:23 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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