Esther 10:1

Hebrew	וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אחשרש אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ מַ֛ס עַל הָאָ֖רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם
ESV	King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
NIV	King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.
NLT	King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.
LXX	ἔγραψεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article βασιλεὺς τέλη ἐπὶ τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article βασιλείαν τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τε γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θαλάσσης
KJV	And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

^{Esther 9:32 ← Esther 10:1 → Esther 10:2}

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