What Does Esther 2:20 Mean in the King James?
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The care that raised Esther remains present in her response, even while her origin stays concealed.
THE MEANING
You can keep part of your story private while the care that formed you remains present in your choices. Esther’s hidden origin and her continuing response to Mordecai’s word coexist here.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Privacy does not prove a broken bond: Esther conceals her kin and people while continuing to respond to the care that raised her.
THE ROOT
אָמְנָה
ʾomnāh
GROWS FROM
אמן
ʾ-m-n
To support or foster; to be firm and steady.
The word translated “brought up” belongs to the root אמן (ʾ-m-n, to support or foster; to be firm and steady). Its sense of fostering lets Esther’s upbringing read as continuing support within her response, not merely a past event.
ALSO GROWS
ʾōmēn: Foster father; nurturer.
אֹמֵן
This is the same root in the word for a foster parent, making the care behind Esther’s upbringing visible in the language itself.
ʾĕmûnāh: Firmness, steadiness; trust.
אֱמוּנָה
This branch connects support with steadiness, illuminating how care received can remain a ground for action.
THE PATTERN
Care that sustains a person can continue shaping their responses long after the moment of nurture.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:THE THREAD
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.Isaiah uses אֹמֵן (ʾōmēn, foster father), from the same אמן (ʾ-m-n, to support or foster; to be firm and steady) root as Esther’s “brought up.” The shared word reveals nurture as a form of support that can keep shaping a person beyond childhood.
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