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Lexicon :: Strong's H143 - 'ăḏār

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אֲדָר
Transliteration
'ăḏār
Pronunciation
ad-awr'
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Part of Speech
proper noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֲדָר ʼĂdâr, ad-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month:—Adar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H143 in the following manner: Adar (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H143 in the following manner: Adar (8x).

  1. Adar = "glorious"

    1. twelfth month, corresponding to modern March-April

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲדָר ʼĂdâr, ad-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month:—Adar.
STRONGS H143: Abbreviations
† אֲדָר proper noun [masculine] 12th (Babylonian) month＝Feb.—Mar. (late Hebrew loan-word,＝Babylonian A(d)-daru see DlWp. 188, compare Al 3 93, meaning dubious perhaps adâru, be darkened, eclipsed, but see DlW p. 190) Esther 3:7, 13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21; compare Palmyrene, Nabataean אדר Vog8 EutNab 24.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H144.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:7; 3:12; 8:12; 9:1; 9:15; 9:17; 9:19; 9:21

H143

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H143 matches the Hebrew אֲדָר ('ăḏār),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - So in the month of April,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, lots were cast in Haman’s presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year.[fn] The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - The day chosen for this event throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was March 7 of the next year.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - So on March 7[fn] the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8[fn] and killed 300 more men, and again they took no plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was done throughout the provinces on March 7, and on March 8 they rested,[fn] celebrating their victory with a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - So to this day, rural Jews living in remote villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday on the appointed day in late winter,[fn] when they rejoice and send gifts of food to each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:21 - calling on them to celebrate an annual festival on these two days.[fn]
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