שַׁרְבִיט
sharvit · scepter
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8275 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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sharvit (שַׁרְבִיט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scepter”.
The rod that the king holds as a sign of his power.
How to say it
shar·vit
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The king's rod of rule.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Esther 4:11
“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes in to the king, into the inner court, who has not been called, his law is one: to put him to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, and he will live. But I have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.”
- Esther 5:2
And it happened, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she won favor in his eyes; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand, and Esther came near and touched the tip of the scepter.
- Esther 8:4
And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rose and stood before the king,
And 1 more times.