11 occurrences

'One' in the Bible

And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcohol ConsumptionUnlimitednessNo Compulsion

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

Verse ConceptsIn The MorningOthers Summoning

And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.

Verse ConceptsComing To Gates

Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

Verse ConceptsOne MonthDeath Penalty For Violence

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfWakefulnessReading Other MatterHistorical Booksmums

And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsAbasement, Examples OfDimensions Of Other Things

On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12

So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

Verse ConceptsExcitementMonth 12The CountrysidePeople Providing Food

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesPeople Providing FoodRejoicing In God's Works

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