better

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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Esther 1:19 · retained source text

If it please the king, let there go a royall commandement from him, and let it bee written among the lawes of the Persians, and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Uasthi come no more before king Ahasuerus, and let the king giue her royall estate vnto another that is better then she.

1611 marginal noteHeb. if it be good with the king.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from before him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that it passe not away.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnto her companion.

Complete reference index — all 114 verses

Genesis 29:19 Exodus 14:12 Numbers 14:3 Judges 8:2 Judges 9:2 Judges 11:25 Judges 18:19 Ruth 4:15 1 Samuel 1:8 1 Samuel 15:22 1 Samuel 15:28 1 Samuel 27:1 2 Samuel 17:14 2 Samuel 18:3 1 Kings 1:47 1 Kings 2:32 1 Kings 19:4 1 Kings 21:2 2 Kings 5:12 2 Chronicles 21:13 Esther 1:19 Psalms 37:16 Psalms 63:3 Psalms 69:31 Psalms 84:10 Psalms 118:8 Psalms 118:9 Psalms 119:72 Proverbs 3:14 Proverbs 8:11 Proverbs 8:19 Proverbs 12:9 Proverbs 15:16 Proverbs 15:17 Proverbs 16:8 Proverbs 16:16 Proverbs 16:19 Proverbs 16:32 Proverbs 17:1 Proverbs 19:1 Proverbs 19:22 Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 25:7 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 27:5 Proverbs 27:10 Proverbs 28:6 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 4:6 Ecclesiastes 4:9 Ecclesiastes 4:13 Ecclesiastes 5:5 Ecclesiastes 6:3 Ecclesiastes 6:9 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 7:2 Ecclesiastes 7:3 Ecclesiastes 7:5 Ecclesiastes 7:8 Ecclesiastes 7:10 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9:4 Ecclesiastes 9:16 Ecclesiastes 9:18 Ecclesiastes 10:11 Song of Solomon 1:2 Song of Solomon 4:10 Isaiah 56:5 Lamentations 4:9 Ezekiel 36:11 Daniel 1:20 Hosea 2:7 Amos 6:2 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8 Nahum 3:8 Matthew 6:26 Matthew 12:12 Matthew 18:6 Matthew 18:8 Matthew 18:9 Mark 9:42 Mark 9:43 Mark 9:45 Mark 9:47 Luke 5:39 Luke 12:24 Luke 17:2 Romans 3:9 1 Corinthians 7:9 1 Corinthians 7:38 1 Corinthians 8:8 1 Corinthians 9:15 1 Corinthians 11:17 Philippians 1:23 Philippians 2:3 Hebrews 1:4 Hebrews 6:9 Hebrews 7:7 Hebrews 7:19 Hebrews 7:22 Hebrews 8:6 Hebrews 9:23 Hebrews 10:34 Hebrews 11:16 Hebrews 11:35 Hebrews 11:40 Hebrews 12:24 1 Peter 3:17 2 Peter 2:21

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Genesis 29:19 1 Kings 19:4 Proverbs 15:16 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 9:4 Matthew 12:12 1 Corinthians 11:17 2 Peter 2:21

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

With more affection; in a higher degree. More correctly, or fully. With superior excellence.

volume 1, leaf 269, column 3 (main_dictionary)

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