Strong's Hebrew · H3982
H3982 maʼămar
מַאֲמַר
mah-am-ar'
command
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maʼămar appears 3 times in Scripture, in Esther 1:15, Esther 2:20 and Esther 9:32. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict
In the King James Version
commandment, decree.
Derivation
from H559 (אָמַר);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.”
“So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.”
““According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
