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Esther 2:16

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

KJV

Ducta est itaque ad cubiculum regis Assueri mense decimo, qui vocatur Tebeth, septimo anno regni ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἐσθὴρ πρὸς Ἀρταξέρξην τὸν βασιλέα τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνὶ ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδάρ, τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ.

LXX

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

ASV

וַ/תִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔/וֹ בַּ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ הָ/עֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּ/שְׁנַת שֶׁ֖בַע לְ/מַלְכוּתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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People EstherAhasuerus

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
'str
proper_noun · 55×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 90×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
טֵבֵ֑ת
tbt
proper_noun · 1×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עֲשִׂירִ֔י
'shyry
adjective · 29×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Esth 8:9 — Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto