Esther Word Game (part 1)

Sometimes what kinds of words are used and how often can help us frame a book better.  

Knowing the number of times a specific word shows up doesn’t magically give you the overall theme of the book, but sometimes it can clue us into things the Biblical Author wants us to catch. 

This the the template for a ‘word association game’ to go along with the Book of Esther.  The point of that game is to get you thinking through the language of the book. So look through this word list and without looking at the answer key (part 2) try to guess which words show up MOST frequently in the book.

If you've just started reading you can use this list to observe as you go.

Note that my word counts are not from one specific translation; they are an average taken from 6 different translations (ESV, NASB, KJV, CSB, NIV, & NLT).  I did correct for different choices in the English translation (so if one uses the word commandment and another uses law, but it's the same Hebrew root word, then I searched for both to get an accurate count).