Strong's Concordance
Original word: דָּת
Transliteration: dath
Definition (short): law
Definition (full): a royal edict, statute
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: of foreign origin
Definition: decree, law
NASB Translation: decree (5), edict (4), edicts (1), law (7), laws (3), regulations (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation: a royal edict or statute -- commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
References
KJV:
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
NASB:
Then they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps and to the governors in the provinces beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God.
KJV:
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
NASB:
The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion, for so the king had given orders to each official of his household that he should do according to the desires of each person.
KJV:
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
NASB:
Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times-- for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice
KJV:
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
NASB:
"According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?"
KJV:
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
NASB:
"If it pleases the king, let a royal edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to another who is more worthy than she.