Passage Research
Esther 1 — Sermon Preparation
Xerxes holds lavish banquets throughout his empire; when Queen Vashti refuses to appear before his guests, she is deposed and a search for a new queen begins. Below is a research summary for Esther 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 371 / 154
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Esther 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ | ʼĂchashvêrôwsh | H325 | 9 | Achashverosh |
| מַלְכוּת | malkûwth | H4438 | 9 | rule, dominion |
| מַלְכָּה | malkâh | H4436 | 8 | queen |
| וַשְׁתִּי | Vashtîy | H2060 | 7 | Vashti |
| שַׂר | sar | H8269 | 8 | head |
| מְדִינָה | mᵉdîynâh | H4082 | 6 | judgeship, jurisdiction |
| מָדַי | Mâday | H4074 | 4 | Madai |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Esther 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use; but the design of recording the story of it is to show how way was made for Esther to the crown, in order to her being instrumental to defeat Haman's plot, and this long before the plot was laid, that we may observe and admire the foresight and vast reaches of Providence. "Known unto God are all his works" before-hand. Ahasuerus the king, I. In his height feasts all his great men, ver. 1-9. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Esther 1:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ethiopia— Est 1:1
- India— Est 1:1
- Media— Est 1:14
- Persia— Est 1:14
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