Esther 2:16

Hebrew	וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ
ESV	And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign,
NIV	She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
NLT	Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter of the seventh year of his reign.
LXX	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” εἰσῆλθεν Εσθηρ πρὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπρός greek Meaning * To or towards * Pertaining to (genitive case) * Near to (dative case) * According to * About Preposition. Occurs 703 times in the New Testament. πρός is a common preposition in Koine Greek that carries different meanings. It most frequently takes the accusative case, but at times it takes the genitive or dative cases, giving it a different meaning again. At its core, it usually describes movement or relationship toward someone or something, whether physical, s… Ἀρταξέρξην τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article βασιλέα τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δωδεκάτῳ μηνί ὅς ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. Αδαρ τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article βασιλείας αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

^{Esther 2:15 ← Esther 2:16 → Esther 2:17}

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