KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Esther 8:15–16
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Esther 8:15
15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king, in royall apparell, of ‖blew and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linnen, and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced, and was glad:
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Esther 8:16
16The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
16The Iewes had light and gladnesse, and ioy and honour.
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DEFINED WORDS
Esther 8:15
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Clothing or garments; as a verb, to clothe or adorn with garments.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
One of the seven colors, into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Having the colour of snow or light; pale, clean, or made white.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A royal head ornament; by extension, kingship, honour, reward, or the top of the head.
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An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Esther 8:16
Members of the Jewish people; Hebrews or Israelites identified as Jews.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Gladness, delight, or rejoicing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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Open the full verse study6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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Open the full verse study15The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
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Open the full verse study8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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Open the full verse study42And 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;
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Open the full verse study29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Open the full verse study2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
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Open the full verse study11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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Open the full verse study8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
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Open the full verse study10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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Open the full verse study11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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Open the full verse study28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
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Open the full verse study1WHEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
2And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
3And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Open the full verse study5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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Open the full verse study17On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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Open the full verse study10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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Open the full verse study4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Open the full verse study16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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Open the full verse study29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
30And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
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Open the full verse study18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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