# H1881 דָּת

דָּת (dâth), Strong’s H1881: a royal edict or statute KJV: commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.. Occurs 21 times.

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*dâth* — a royal edict or statute

KJV: commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- דָּת n.f. decree, law, usage, only in Persian period
- 1 decree, edict, commission of Pers. king
- 2 law, permanently valid and applicable

## Where it occurs
- [Esther 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=8) — In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his…
- [Esther 1:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=13) — 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…
- [Esther 1:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=15) — “What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the…
- [Esther 1:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=19) — “If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and…
- [Esther 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=8) — So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel…
- [Esther 2:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=12) — Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days…
- [Esther 3:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=8) — Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the…
- [Esther 3:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=14) — A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that…
- [Esther 3:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=15) — The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king…
- [Esther 4:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/4?v=3) — In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and…