Strong's Lexicon This is what happened וַיְהִ֖י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone in the days בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow of Xerxes, אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 325: Ahasuerus = 'I will be silent and poor' 1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article) אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 325: Ahasuerus = 'I will be silent and poor' 1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes who reigned over הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ (ham·mō·lêḵ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4427: 1) to be or become king or queen, reign 1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign 1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign 1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen 2) to counsel, advise 2a) (Niphal) to consider 127 שֶׁ֛בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7651: 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (wə·‘eś·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6242: 1) twenty, twentieth וּמֵאָ֖ה (ū·mê·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3967: 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100) provinces מְדִינָֽה׃ (mə·ḏî·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4082: 1) province, district 1a) district 1b) province from India מֵהֹ֣דּוּ (mê·hōd·dū) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1912: India = 'flee away' or ' give ye thanks' 1) the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even Cush. כּ֔וּשׁ (kūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3568: Cush = 'black' n pr m 1) a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7:1 2) the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa 3) the peoples descended from Cush n pr loc 4) the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThis is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus—he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces— Holman Christian Standard Bible These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. New American Standard Bible Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, King James Bible Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces: ) Parallel Verses New International Version This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: New Living Translation These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. English Standard Version Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, New American Standard Bible Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, King James Bible Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) Holman Christian Standard Bible These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. International Standard Version This is a record of what happened during the reign of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Cush. NET Bible The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.) American Standard Version Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces), English Revised Version Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- Cross References Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. Esther 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Esther 9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; Nehemiah 13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. Nehemiah 13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; Nehemiah 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. Esther 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, Esther 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: Esther 1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 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