Passage Research
Esther 4 — Sermon Preparation
Mordecai urges Esther to intercede for her people; Esther agrees to risk her life by approaching the king unsummoned, and calls for three days of fasting. Below is a research summary for Esther 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 285 / 119
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Esther 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מׇרְדְּכַי | Mordᵉkay | H4782 | 12 | Mordecai |
| אֶסְתֵּר | ʼEçtêr | H635 | 9 | Ester |
| הֲתָךְ | Hăthâk | H2047 | 4 | Hathak |
| יְהוּדִי | Yᵉhûwdîy | H3064 | 5 | Jehudite |
| דָּת | dâth | H1881 | 4 | royal edict, statute |
| שַׂק | saq | H8242 | 4 | mesh, run |
| נָגַד | nâgad | H5046 | 5 | front, manifest |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Esther 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We left God's Isaac bound upon the altar and ready to be sacrificed, and the enemies triumphing in the prospect of it; but things here begin to work towards a deliverance, and they begin at the right end. I. The Jews' friends lay to heart the danger and lament it, ver. 1-4. II. Matters are concerted between Mordecai and Esther for the preventing of it. 1. Esther enquires into this case, and receives a particular account of it, ver. 5-7. 2. Mordecai urges her to intercede with the king for a revocation of the edict, ver. 8, 9. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Esther 4:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Susa— Est 4:16
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