{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1881",
  "lemma": "דָּת",
  "transliteration": "dâth",
  "definition": "a royal edict or statute",
  "kjv": "commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "דָּת n.f. decree, law, usage, only in Persian period",
    "1. decree, edict, commission of Pers. king",
    "2. law, permanently valid and applicable"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:8",
      "text": "In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:13",
      "text": "Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:15",
      "text": "“What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:19",
      "text": "“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:8",
      "text": "So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:12",
      "text": "Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 3:8",
      "text": "Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 3:14",
      "text": "A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 3:15",
      "text": "The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 4:3",
      "text": "In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/4?v=3"
    }
  ],
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