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Esther 3:7

In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

KJV

Mense primo (cujus vocabulum est Nisan), anno duodecimo regni Assueri, missa est sors in urnam, quæ hebraice dicitur phur, coram Aman, quo die et quo mense gens Judæorum deberet interfici : et exivit mensis duodecimus, qui vocatur Adar.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ψήφισμα ἐν ἔτει δωδεκάτῳ τῆς βασιλείας Ἀρταξέρξου, καὶ ἔβαλεν κλήρους ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας καὶ μῆνα ἐκ μηνὸς ὥστε ἀπολέσαι ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ γένος Μαρδοχαίου, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος εἰς τὴν τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην τοῦ μηνὸς ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδάρ.

LXX

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

ASV

בַּ/חֹ֤דֶשׁ הָ/רִאשׁוֹן֙ הוּא חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֔ן בִּ/שְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַ/גּוֹרָ֜ל לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָמָ֗ן מִ/יּ֧וֹם לְ/י֛וֹם וּ/מֵ/חֹ֛דֶשׁ לְ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People HamanAhasuerus

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָ֔ר
'dr
proper_noun · 8×
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
גּוֹרָ֖ל
gvrl
noun · 76×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הָמָ֔ן
hmn
proper_noun · 54×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִיסָ֔ן
nysn
proper_noun · 2×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פּוּר֩
pvr
noun · 8×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Esth 9:24 — Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
  • Exod 12:2 — This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
  • Ezek 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Ezra 6:15 — And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
  • Ezra 6:15 — And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
  • Prov 16:33 — The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.