§ Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece" means: lot a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions
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H6332 — פּוּר
pur · Purim · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Esther 3:7 · פּוּר֩In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar.Esther 9:24 · פּוּר֙Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;Esther 9:26 · פוּרִים֙ · הַפּ֔וּרWherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and [of that] which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,Esther 9:28 · הַפּוּרִ֣יםAnd [that] these days [should be] remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and [that] these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.Esther 9:29 · הַפּוּרִ֛יםThen Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.Esther 9:31 · הַפֻּרִ֨יםTo confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.Esther 9:32 · הַפֻּרִ֖יםAnd the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.