Bible Dictionary: Beauty: Esther

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Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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At this Period of Time we Think Esther and Judith Lived...
... Consequently, when a young woman was sought after to take her place as the wife
of the king, Esther was found to excel all others in beauty. ...
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Hebrew Captives; Or, Mordecai and Esther.
... to Esther, and so the next day, at the banquet, as the king repeated his former
offer, she, reclining on the couch, her chiseled form and ravishing beauty ...
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The Net Broken
... The king's criminal abandonment to lust and luxury, Haman's meanly personal pique,
Esther's beauty, the fall of the favourite, the long past services of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net broken.htm

Esther's Venture
... We can fancy Esther's beating heart putting fire in her cheek, and her subdued
excitement making her beauty more splendid as she stood. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/esthers venture.htm

The Wall Rebuilt.
... It was for no vain purpose that the noble beauty of the family of Saul had come
down to Esther, and though she alone demanded no ornaments to set her off to ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xiv the wall rebuilt.htm

Esther, the Queen.
... He wished to show to his people and princes the beauty of the queen, for she was
very fair to ... This was her true name, although the Persians called her Esther. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxiv esther the queen.htm

Queen Esther's Love for Her People
... crown on her head, to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she ... He had
adopted Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/queen esthers love for her.htm

Concerning Esther and Mordecai and Haman; and How in the Reign of ...
... Accordingly, Esther made supplication to God after the manner of her country, by
casting ... than it was before, that both by her words and beauty she might succeed ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 concerning esther and.htm

On the Worthy Praise of the Pure Queen of Heaven.
... O, thou lovely divine spouse elect, if King Ahasuerus was captivated by the beauty
of Esther, if she was found pleasing in his eyes above all women, if she ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xvi on the worthy.htm

The Objects of Prayer
... Higher had been the deliverances of Esther and Morecai and the people from spiritual ...
He that has discerned the meaning of the beauty of the bride whom the ...
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