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Pur

Meaning of “Pur”

A lot cast to select or determine a day; the name from which the feast days Purim were called.

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3 occurrences3 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Esther 3:7

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “Pur”

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Esther 3:7
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¶ 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 3:7 · retained source text

¶ In the first moneth (that is, the moneth Nisan) in the twelfth yeere of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from moneth to moneth, to the twelfth moneth, that is the moneth Adar.

Esther 9:24
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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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 9:24 · retained source text

Because Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemie of all the Iewes, had deuised against the Iewes to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot) to consume them, and to destroy them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. crush.

Esther 9:26
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Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 9:26 · retained source text

Wherefore they called these dayes Purim, after the name of Pur: therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seene concerning this matter, and which had come vnto them,

1611 marginal noteThat is, Lot.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

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.

Esther 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;