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Esther 6:2

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

KJV

ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochæus insidias Bagathan et Thares eunuchorum, regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium.

Vulgate

εὗρεν δὲ τὰ γράμματα τὰ γραφέντα περὶ Μαρδοχαίου, ὡς ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῶν δύο εὐνούχων τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν τῷ φυλάσσειν αὐτοὺς καὶ ζητῆσαι ἐπιβαλεῖν τὰς χεῖρας Ἀρταξέρξῃ.

LXX

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

ASV

וַ/יִּמָּצֵ֣א כָת֗וּב אֲשֶׁר֩ הִגִּ֨יד מָרְדֳּכַ֜י עַל בִּגְתָ֣נָא וָ/תֶ֗רֶשׁ שְׁנֵי֙ סָרִיסֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ מִ/שֹּׁמְרֵ֖י הַ/סַּ֑ף אֲשֶׁ֤ר בִּקְשׁוּ֙ לִ/שְׁלֹ֣חַ יָ֔ד בַּ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People MordecaiAhasuerus

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
בִּגְתָ֨ן
bgtn
proper_noun · 2×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 42×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
mrdky
proper_noun · 60×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סַּֽף
sp
noun · 32×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
תֶ֜רֶשׁ
trsh
proper_noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:15 — Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
  • Esth 2:21 — In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
  • Esth 2:21 — In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
  • Esth 7:9 — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of H