'Authority' in the Bible
Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;
Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.
In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,
Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.
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- Agency (8 instances)
- Assurance (28 instances)
- Authority (481 instances)
- Authorization (5 instances)
- Confidence (168 instances)
- Credit (47 instances)
- Direction (213 instances)
- Government (33 instances)
- Influence (36 instances)
- Jurisdiction (4 instances)
- Luminary (1 instance)
- Office (80 instances)
- Permit (64 instances)
- Potency (1 instance)
- Sanction (4 instances)
- Self-Confidence (2 instances)
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