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Esther 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Esther 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Esther 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
הָמָן Hâmân H2001 9 Haman
אֶסְתֵּר ʼEçtêr H635 8 Ester
מַלְכָּה malkâh H4436 7 queen
מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh H4960 3 drink, drinking
בִּיתָן bîythân H1055 2 palace
יַיִן yayin H3196 3 wine, intoxication
גִּנָּה ginnâh H1594 2

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on Esther 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for her life and the life of her people, ver. 1-4. II. She plainly tells the king that Haman is the man who designed her ruin and the ruin of all her friends, ver. 5, 6. III. The king thereupon gave orders for the hanging of Haman upon the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, which was done accordingly, ver. 7-10. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Esther 7:1–30 (Public Domain)

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