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Lexicon :: Strong's H2001 - hāmān

Aa
הָמָן
Transliteration
hāmān
Pronunciation
haw-mawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H2001 in the following manner: Haman (53x), he (1x).

  1. Haman = "magnificent"

    1. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָמָן Hâmân, haw-mawn'; of foreign derivation; Haman, a Persian vizier:—Haman.
STRONGS H2001: Abbreviations
† הָמָן proper name, masculine Haman, favourite of Ahasuerus (etymology dubious; according to JenVOJ 1892, 58 ff. = Elamite proper name, of divinity Humban, or Humman) — Esther 3:1 + 53 times in Esther.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

3:1

H2001

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2001 matches the Hebrew הָמָן (hāmān),
which occurs 54 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
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