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Purim

פּוּר · pur · H63327 mentions, all in Esther

Who they were

Purim is a Jewish festival that commemorates the events recorded in the book of Esther. The name "Purim" is derived from the Persian word "pur," meaning "lot," referring to the lots cast by Haman to determine the day on which to destroy the Jews (Esther 3:7; 9:24, 26). However, through the courageous intervention of Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai, the Jews were delivered from Haman's evil plot, and Haman and his sons were hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:10; 9:25).

Following this great deliverance, Mordecai and Esther instituted the festival of Purim to commemorate these events (Esther 9:20-22). The celebration was to be observed annually on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar with feasting, rejoicing, and sending gifts to one another and to the poor (Esther 9:22, 28-32). The book of Esther was to be read during this festival as a reminder of God's providential care for His people (Esther 9:27, 28). The establishment of Purim as a lasting ordinance ensured that the memory of the Jews' deliverance would be preserved for future generations (Esther 9:28).

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Every mention

7 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Esther 7 mentions

Esther 3:7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the…Esther 9:24because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur”, that is the lot, to consume them and to…Esther 9:26Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had…Esther 9:28and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the…Esther 9:29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.Esther 9:31to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants in the matter…Esther 9:32The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

What the dictionary says

(lots), the annual festival instituted to commemorate the preservation of the Jews in Persia from the massacre with which they were threatened through the…

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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