Esther 5:7
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition, and my request is,
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Esther 5:7
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: A request, plea, or prayer. Sense 2: The matter requested.
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The expression of desire to some person for something to be granted or done; an asking; a petition.
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6¶ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
6¶ And the king said vnto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, and it shall be granted thee? and what is thy request? euen to the halfe of the kingdome it shall be performed.
7Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
7Then answered Esther, and said, My petition, and my request is,
Selected passage8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
8If I haue found fauour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and †to performe my request, let the king, and Haman, come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I wil do to morow, as the king hath said.