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הָמָן
Haman
haw-mawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Hâmân
“Haman, a Persian vizier”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Haman, a Persian vizier
Rendered in the KJV as
Haman.
- 54occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 23inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 54 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 23
- הָמָ֖ן8
- הָמָ֔ן7
- הָמָן֙5
- וְהָמָן֙4
- וְהָמָ֣ן3
- הָמָ֧ן2
- הָמָ֗ן2
- הָמָ֨ן2
- הָמָ֛ן2
- הָמָן֒2
- הָמָ֜ן2
- וְהָמָ֔ן2
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Haman38
- and Haman10
- to Haman5
- from Haman1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)38
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)10
- preposition + proper noun (a name)6
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 38
- HC/Npm · 10
- HR/Npm · 6
All 54, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Esther54 occurrences
- Esther 3:1הָמָ֧ןhamanproper noun (a name)After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.here: Haman
- Esther 3:2לְהָמָ֔ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.here: to Haman
- Esther 3:4לְהָמָ֗ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.here: to Haman
- Esther 3:5הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.here: Haman
- Esther 3:5הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.here: Haman
- Esther 3:6הָמָ֗ןhamanproper noun (a name)And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.here: Haman
- Esther 3:7הָמָ֗ןhamanproper noun (a name)In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.here: Haman
- Esther 3:8הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.here: Haman
- Esther 3:10לְהָמָ֧ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.here: to Haman
- Esther 3:11לְהָמָ֔ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”here: to Haman
- Esther 3:12הָמָ֡ןhamanproper noun (a name)On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.here: Haman
- Esther 3:15וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.here: and Haman
- Esther 4:7הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.here: Haman
- Esther 5:4וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”here: and Haman
- Esther 5:5הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.here: Haman
- Esther 5:5וְהָמָ֔ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.here: and Haman
- Esther 5:8וְהָמָ֗ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”here: and Haman
- Esther 5:9הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.here: Haman
- Esther 5:9הָמָ֨ןhamanproper noun (a name)That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.here: Haman
- Esther 5:9הָמָ֛ןhamanproper noun (a name)That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.here: Haman
- Esther 5:10הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,here: Haman
- Esther 5:11הָמָ֛ןhamanproper noun (a name)Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.here: Haman
- Esther 5:12הָמָן֒hamanproper noun (a name)“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.here: Haman
- Esther 5:14הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.here: Haman
- Esther 6:4וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.here: and Haman
- Esther 6:5הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.here: Haman
- Esther 6:6הָמָן֒hamanproper noun (a name)Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”here: Haman
- Esther 6:6הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”here: Haman
- Esther 6:7הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,here: Haman
- Esther 6:10לְהָמָ֗ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”here: to Haman
- Esther 6:11הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”here: Haman
- Esther 6:12וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.here: and Haman
- Esther 6:13הָמָ֜ןhamanproper noun (a name)Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: Haman
- Esther 6:14הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.here: Haman
- Esther 7:1וְהָמָ֔ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,here: and Haman
- Esther 7:6הָמָ֥ןhamanproper noun (a name)Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.here: Haman
- Esther 7:6וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.here: and Haman
- Esther 7:7וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.here: and Haman
- Esther 7:8וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.here: and Haman
- Esther 7:8הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.here: Haman
- Esther 7:9הָמָ֟ןhamanproper noun (a name)Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.here: Haman
- Esther 7:9הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.here: Haman
- Esther 7:10הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.here: Haman
- Esther 8:1הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.here: Haman
- Esther 8:2מֵֽהָמָ֔ןmehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.here: from Haman
- Esther 8:2הָמָֽן׃ פhamanproper noun (a name)The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.here: Haman
- Esther 8:3הָמָ֣ןhamanproper noun (a name)And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.here: Haman
- Esther 8:5הָמָ֤ןhamanproper noun (a name)“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.here: Haman
- Esther 8:7הָמָ֜ןhamanproper noun (a name)So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.here: Haman
- Esther 9:10הָמָ֧ןhamanproper noun (a name)They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.here: Haman
- Esther 9:12הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”here: Haman
- Esther 9:13הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”here: Haman
- Esther 9:14הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.here: Haman
- Esther 9:24הָמָ֨ןhamanproper noun (a name)For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.here: Haman