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Esther 1:12
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Esther 1:12
12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
12But the Queene Uasthi refused to come at the Kings commandement †by his chamberlens: therefore was the King very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Hebr. which was by the hand of his Eunuches.
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DEFINED WORDS
Esther 1:12
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Truly or in a high degree; as an adjective, true or real.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Strong displeasure or indignation; as a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Consumed with fire; scorched or dried with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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Open the full verse study1LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Open the full verse study2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Open the full verse study12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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Open the full verse study13¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
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Open the full verse study20The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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Open the full verse study22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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Open the full verse study19¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
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Open the full verse study22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
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Open the full verse study16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Open the full verse study6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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Open the full verse study1O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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Open the full verse study5How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Open the full verse study19¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
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Open the full verse study16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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