1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage 1a) decree, edict, commission 1b) law, rule Aramaic equivalent: dat (דָּת "law" H1882)
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H1881 — דָּת
dat · law · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Ezra 8:36 · דָּתֵ֣יThey delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.Esther 1:8 · כַדָּ֖תIn accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.Esther 1:13 · דָּ֥תThen the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;Esther 1:15 · כְּדָת֙“What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”Esther 1:19 · בְּדָתֵ֥י“If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.Esther 2:8 · וְדָת֔וֹSo it happened, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.Esther 2:12 · כְּדָ֤תEach young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).Esther 3:8 · וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם · דָּתֵ֤יHaman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.Esther 3:14 · דָּת֙A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.Esther 3:15 · וְהַדָּ֥תThe couriers went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.Esther 4:3 · וְדָתוֹ֙In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Esther 4:8 · הַ֠דָּתHe also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.Esther 4:11 · דָּתוֹ֙“All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”Esther 4:16 · כַדָּ֔ת“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”Esther 8:13 · דָּת֙A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.Esther 8:14 · וְהַדָּ֥תSo the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.Esther 8:17 · וְדָתוֹ֙In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.Esther 9:1 · וְדָת֖וֹNow in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),Esther 9:13 · כְּדָ֣תThen Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”Esther 9:14 · דָּ֖תThe king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.