Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H635
אֶסְתֵּר
Esteres-tare'
Esther
55 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼEçtêr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H635is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H635
Ester, the Jewish heroine
The King James renders it: Esther.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Ester is rendered "Esther". It stands 55 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Fifty-five of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Esther 2:7And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
Esther 2:7אֶסְתֵּר֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fifty-five of the word's fifty-five uses are in Esther.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Esther40
- to Esther11
- O Esther2
- and Esther1
- from Esther1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 55, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶסְתֵּר֙7
- אֶסְתֵּ֔ר7
- אֶסְתֵּ֣ר5
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר5
- אֶסְתֵּ֖ר4
- אֶסְתֵּ֑ר3
- אֶסְתֵּ֨ר3
- אֶסְתֵּ֗ר2
- אֶסְתֵּ֛ר2
- אֶסְתֵּ֤ר2
- אֶסְתֵּ֥ר2
- אֶסְתֵּֽר׃2
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)42HNpf
- preposition + proper noun (a name)12HR/Npf
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npf
Esther
fifty-five uses
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
- אֶסְתֵּ֣רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
- אֶסְתֵּ֜רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
- אֶסְתֵּ֑רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
- אֶסְתֵּ֗רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֣רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֛רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
- אֶסְתֵּ֤רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
- אֶסְתֵּ֨רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
- אֶסְתֵּ֖רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֔רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
- אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ פʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
- אֶסְתֵּ֑רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
- אֶסְתֵּ֖רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
- אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ סʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
- אֶסְתֵּ֣רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֗רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
- אֶסְתֵּ֣רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: O Esther
“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
“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.
- אֶסְתֵּ֑רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
- אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
- לְאֶסְתֵּר֙leesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
- אֶסְתֵּ֖רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
“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.
- אֶסְתֵּ֨רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
- אֶסְתֵּ֥רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֜רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֥רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: O Esther
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- אֶסְתֵּ֤רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- מֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣רmeesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Esther
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.
- אֶסְתֵּ֣רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֖רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- אֶסְתֵּ֛רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- אֶסְתֵּ֗רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֔רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
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.
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֗רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
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.”
- לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רleesterpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Esther
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.”
- אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
- אֶסְתֵּ֨רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
- וְאֶסְתֵּ֣רveesterconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Esther
So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
- אֶסְתֵּ֔רʾesterproper noun (a name)tagged: Esther
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.