Genesis 24:52
worshipped.26,48; 1Ch 29:20; 2Ch 20:18; Ps 34:1,2; 95:6; 107:21,22; 116:1,2Mt 2:11; Ac 10:25,26 Genesis 43:28
bowed.26; 37:7,9,10made obeisance.Ex 18:7; 2Sa 1:2; 14:4; 1Ki 1:16; 2Ch 24:17 1 Kings 19:18
Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave.Isa 1:9; 10:20-22; Ro 11:4,5the knees.Ex 20:5; Isa 49:23; Ro 14:10-12; Php 2:10every mouth.Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from {ad,} to and {os, oris,} the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers. Job 31:27; Ps 2:12; Ho 13:2 Esther 3:2-5
the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them. 2:19,21bowed.Ge 41:43; Php 2:10bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration. 1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4 Why.2; Ex 1:17; Mt 15:2,3 when they spake.Ge 39:10that they told.Da 3:8,9; 6:13he had told.Ezr 1:3; Da 3:12,16-18,23-30; 6:20-28; Jon 1:9 that Mordecai.2; 5:9full of wrath.1:12; Ge 4:5,6; Job 5:2; Pr 12:16; 19:19; 21:24; 27:3,4; Da 3:19 Isaiah 45:23
sworn.Ge 22:15-18; Jer 22:5; 49:13; Am 6:8; Heb 6:13-18the word.19; 55:11; Nu 23:19That unto.Ro 11:4; 14:10-12; Php 2:10every tongue.19:18-21; 44:3-5; 65:16; Ge 31:53; De 6:13; 2Ch 15:14,15; Ne 10:29Ps 63:11; 132:2 Romans 11:4
I have reserved.1Ki 19:18Baal.Nu 25:3; De 4:3; Jud 2:13; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 10:19,20; Jer 19:5; Ho 2:8Ho 13:1; Zep 1:4 Romans 14:10-11
set.3,4; Lu 23:11; Ac 4:11for.2:16; Ec 12:14; Mt 25:31,32; Joh 5:22; Ac 10:42; 17:31; 1Co 4:52Co 5:10; Jude 1:14,15; Re 20:11-15 As.Nu 14:21,28; Isa 49:18; Jer 22:24; Eze 5:11; Zep 2:9every knee.Ps 72:11; Isa 45:22-25; Php 2:10; Re 5:14confess.10:9; 15:9; Mt 10:32; 1Jo 4:15; 2Jo 1:7
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