Vashti

vash-tee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Vashtîy

“Vashti, the queen of Xerxes”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Vashti, the queen of Xerxes

Rendered in the KJV as

Vashti. z

10
occurrencesin the Old Testament
1 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 10 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

וַשְׁתִּ֣י2
וַשְׁתִּ֧י2
וַשְׁתִּ֗י2
וַשְׁתִּ֑י2
וַשְׁתִּי֙1
וַשְׁתִּֽי׃1

How it is rendered · 1

Vashti10

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How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)10

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The ledger of occurrences

Esther10 occurrences

Esther 1:9וַשְׁתִּ֣יvashtiproper noun (a name)Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.here: Vashti
Esther 1:11וַשְׁתִּ֧יvashtiproper noun (a name)to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.here: Vashti
Esther 1:12וַשְׁתִּ֗יvashtiproper noun (a name)Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.here: Vashti
Esther 1:15וַשְׁתִּ֑יvashtiproper noun (a name)“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”here: Vashti
Esther 1:16וַשְׁתִּ֣יvashtiproper noun (a name)And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.here: Vashti
Esther 1:17וַשְׁתִּ֧יvashtiproper noun (a name)For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’here: Vashti
Esther 1:19וַשְׁתִּ֗יvashtiproper noun (a name)So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.here: Vashti
Esther 2:1וַשְׁתִּי֙vashtiproper noun (a name)Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.here: Vashti
Esther 2:4וַשְׁתִּ֑יvashtiproper noun (a name)Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.here: Vashti
Esther 2:17וַשְׁתִּֽי׃vashtiproper noun (a name)And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.here: Vashti

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