דָּת dat
Hebrew word for “law” · Strong’s H1881 · used 21 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage; 1a) decree, edict, commission; 1b) law, rule; Aramaic equivalent: dat (דָּת "law" H1882)
How it is translated
Glosses given for dat in context, with how often each is used:
- law 15
- laws 3
- decrees 1
- orders 1
- regulation 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Esther 1 (4), Esther 4 (4), Esther 3 (3), Esther 8 (3), Esther 9 (3), Esther 2 (2), Ezra 8 (1)
Forms
- כדת 5
- דת 4
- ודתו 4
- דתי 2
- והדת 2
- בדתי 1
- ודתיהם 1
- הדת 1
- דתו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with dat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שׁוּשַׁן shushan “Susa” 7
- מְדִינָה medinah “province” 6
- יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 6
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh “Ahasuerus” 4
- פַּתְשֶׁגֶן patshegen “copy” 3
- הָמָן haman “Haman” 4
- דָּבָר davar “word” 8
- בִּירָה birah “palace” 3
- כְּתָב katav “writing” 3
- נָגַע naga “to touch” 4
- אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 3
- נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 3
Key verses
The verses using dat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 8:36 — And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the…
- Esther 1:13 — Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
- Esther 1:19 — 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,…
- Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their…
- Esther 3:15 — The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the…
- Esther 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and…
- Esther 4:8 — Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to…
- Esther 4:11 — All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court,…
- Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
- Esther 8:14 — So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
- Esther 8:17 — And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And…
- Esther 9:1 — Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.