Passage Research
Esther 8 — Sermon Preparation
Mordecai and Esther obtain a second royal edict allowing the Jews to defend themselves, and Jewish people throughout the provinces celebrate. Below is a research summary for Esther 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 343 / 148
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Esther 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדִי | Yᵉhûwdîy | H3064 | 13 | Jehudite |
| מְדִינָה | mᵉdîynâh | H4082 | 11 | judgeship, jurisdiction |
| אֶסְתֵּר | ʼEçtêr | H635 | 8 | Ester |
| הָמָן | Hâmân | H2001 | 6 | Haman |
| מׇרְדְּכַי | Mordᵉkay | H4782 | 6 | Mordecai |
| כָּתַב | kâthab | H3789 | 7 | grave, write |
| אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ | ʼĂchashvêrôwsh | H325 | 4 | Achashverosh |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Esther 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Mordecai's robes now were rich. These things are not worth notice, but as marks of the king's favour, and the fruit of God's favour to his church. It is well with a land, when ensigns of dignity are made the ornaments of serious piety. When the church prospers, many will join it, who will be shy of it when in trouble. When believers have rest, and walk in the fear of the Lord, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, they will be multiplied. And the attempts of Satan to destroy the church, always tend to increase the number of true Christians.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Esther 8:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Susa— Est 8:14
- Ethiopia— Est 8:9
- India— Est 8:9
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