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Esther 8:10

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

KJV

Ipsæque epistolæ, quæ regis nomine mittebantur, annulo ipsius obsignatæ sunt, et missæ per veredarios : qui per omnes provincias discurrentes, veteres litteras novis nuntiis prævenirent.

Vulgate

ἐγράφη δὲ διὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐσφραγίσθη τῷ δακτυλίῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν τὰ γράμματα διὰ βιβλιαφόρων,

LXX

And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service, bred of the stud:

ASV

וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֗ב בְּ/שֵׁם֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ וַ/יַּחְתֹּ֖ם בְּ/טַבַּ֣עַת הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣ח סְפָרִ֡ים בְּ/יַד֩ הָ/רָצִ֨ים בַּ/סּוּסִ֜ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָ/רֶ֨כֶשׁ֙ הָֽ/אֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֖י הָֽ/רַמָּכִֽים

Hebrew

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People Ahasuerus

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
אֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים
'chshtrnym
adjective · 2×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
טַבְּעֹ֣ת
tb't
noun · 50×
יַחְתֹּֽם
ychtm
verb · 27×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
סוּסִ֖ים
svsym
noun · 141×
רֶ֨כֶשׁ֙
rksh
noun · 4×
רַמָּכִֽים
rmkym
noun · 1×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 4:28 — Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
  • Dan 4:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
  • Dan 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
  • Eccl 8:4 — Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Esth 3:13 — And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirte
  • Esth 9:29 — Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
  • Gen 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
  • Isa 60:6 — The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
  • Isa 66:20 — And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusal
  • Jer 2:23 — How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Jer 51:21 — And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;