Esther 1:1
Neutral key: nrf1:EST.001.001
About the book Esther Trend of this verse since 2000
Which lectionaries prescribe this verse
Bible text
Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
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Statistics
- 2 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 2 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #10,223 Rank Rank 10,223 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 12,708 in the sequence prot66.nrf, Old Testament
2 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
Topics of this verse
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Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
| Versification system | Label | Coverage | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Elberfelder Bibel 2006 (SCM R. Brockhaus) de_elb2006 | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Lutherbibel 1912 (DBG digital edition, die-bibel.de LU12) de_lut1912 | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Lutherbibel 2017 (DBG digital edition, die-bibel.de LU17) de_lut2017 | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha en_kjv_1769 | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon) (eBible.org eng-web USFM) en_web | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
King James Version (1769 text; Project Gutenberg eBook #10) kjv | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Paratext German (Luther 1912 numbering) paratext_de_lu12 | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Paratext English (eng.vrs) paratext_eng | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Paratext "Original" (BHS OT, UBS GNT NT; org.vrs) paratext_org | Esther 1:1 anchor | whole verse | certain |
Paratext Russian Orthodox (rso.vrs) paratext_rso | Esther 1:1 | whole verse | high |
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 2 occurrences
Occurrences
2 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- Jan 1, 771 – Dec 31, 856
- Cited as
- Esther 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, EXPLANATION ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Rabanus Maurus
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 771 – Dec 31, 856
- Cited as
- Esther 1:1-2
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Esther
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Rabanus Maurus
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 100
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 100, published Nov 4, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
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