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HebrewH2060Proper Noun (Feminine)

וַשְׁתִּי

vash.ti

10Occurrences
H2060Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Vashti, the queen of Xerxes

of Persian origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; married to Ahasuerus (H0325) § Vashti = "beautiful" the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

וַשְׁתִּי appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Esther
10

Key Passages

Esther 1:9BSB

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:12BSB

Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

Esther 1:16BSB

And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:19BSB

So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

Esther 2:4BSB

Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.”This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.

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