Dâth — H1881

Definition

feminine noun

a royal edict or statute

1. decree, law, edict, regulation, usage
1. decree, edict, commission
2. law, rule

Usually translated as

decree, law, commandment, manner, commission

Origin

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation

Greek equivalents

• gnṓmē (G1106)
• gráphō (G1125)
• dógma (G1378)
• dogmatízō (G1379)
• nómisma (G3546)
• nómos (G3551)

Occurrences

Dâth occurs 22 times in 21 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Ezra (1), Esther (19)

• Deuteronomy 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law (דָּ֖ת) for them.
• Ezra 8:36 — And they delivered the king’s commissions (דָּתֵ֣י) unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
• Esther 1:8 — And the drinking was according to the law (כַדָּ֖ת); none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
• 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 (דָּ֥ת) and judgment:
• Esther 1:15 — What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law (כְּדָת֙), because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
• Esther 1:19 — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws (בְּדָתֵ֥י) 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 2:8 — So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree (וְדָת֔וֹ) was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
• Esther 2:12 — Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner (כְּדָ֤ת) of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
• 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 laws (וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם) are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
• 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 laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws (דָּתֵ֤י): therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
• Esther 3:14 — The copy of the writing for a commandment (דָּת֙) to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
• Esther 3:15 — The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree (וְהַדָּ֥ת) was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
• Esther 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree (וְדָתוֹ֙) came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Esther 4:8 — Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree (הַ֠דָּת) that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
• 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, who is not called, there is one law (דָּתוֹ֙) of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
• 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 will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law (כַדָּ֔ת): and if I perish, I perish.
• Esther 8:13 — The copy of the writing for a commandment (דָּת֙) to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
• 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 (וְהַדָּ֥ת) 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 (וְדָתוֹ֙) came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
• 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 (וְדָת֖וֹ) drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
• Esther 9:13 — Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree (כְּדָ֣ת), and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
• Esther 9:14 — And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree (דָּ֖ת) was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.