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וַשְׁתִּי H2060

H2060 is the Hebrew word וַשְׁתִּי, transliterated Vashtîy and said vash-tee'. The King James Version most often renders it vashti.

Word: וַשְׁתִּיTransliteration: VashtîySaid: vash-tee'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 9 verses

What it means

Vashti, the queen of Xerxes.

Where it comes from

of Persian origin.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

vashti 7×also vashti 1×instead of vashti 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Vashti. z.

Verses using וַשְׁתִּי

All 9 verses, quoted in full.

Esther 1:9 · KJV

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:11 · KJV

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

Esther 1:12 · KJV

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Esther 1:15 · KJV

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Esther 1:16 · KJV

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:17 · KJV

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Esther 1:19 · KJV

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Esther 2:1 · KJV

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:4 · KJV

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2060 mean?

H2060 is the Hebrew word וַשְׁתִּי (Vashtîy), meaning Vashti, the queen of Xerxes.

How is H2060 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it vashti (7 times), also vashti (1 time), instead of vashti (1 time).

How many times does H2060 appear in the Bible?

וַשְׁתִּי (Vashtîy) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2060 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: of Persian origin.

Nearby entries

H2057 · וַנְיָה — Vanjah, an Israelite H2058 · וׇפְסִי — Vophsi, an Israelite H2059 · וַשְׁנִי — Vashni, an Israelite H2061 · זְאֵב — a wolf H2062 · זְאֵב — Zeeb, a Midianitish prince H2063 · זֹאת — this (often used adverb)

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