Esther 2:18

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיַּ֨עַשׂand he made

  vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

• הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• מִשְׁתֶּ֣הa feast

  mishtehH4960 →46 times

• גָד֗וֹלgreat

  gadolH1419 →526 times

• לְכָל־for all

  lekholH3605 →5413 times

• שָׂרָיו֙officials his

  saravH8269 →421 times

• וַעֲבָדָ֔יוand servants his

  vaavadavH5650 →799 times

• אֵ֖ת<obj.>

  ʾetH853 →10935 times

• מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה[the] feast of

  mishtehH4960 →46 times

• אֶסְתֵּ֑רEsther

  ʾesterH635 →55 times

• וַהֲנָחָ֤הand a holiday

  vahanachahH2010 →

• לַמְּדִינוֹת֙for the provinces

  lamedinotH4082 →53 times

• עָשָׂ֔הhe made

  ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

• וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand he gave

  vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

• מַשְׂאֵ֖תtribute

  masetH4864 →

• כְּיַ֥דaccording to [the] hand of

  keyadH3027 →1618 times

• הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Luke 14:8

  “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 25:6–7

    Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

• Through

  Esther 9:22

  as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to…

  it leads to

  • Esther 9:19

    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Psalms 30:11

    You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

  • Isaiah 12:1–2

    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

  • Isaiah 14:3

    On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

• Through

  Revelation 11:10

  And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 18:17

    When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

  • Matthew 10:22

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

• Through

  Genesis 29:22

  So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

  it leads to

  • Revelation 19:9

    Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”