Eliezer = "God is help"

1. Abraham's Damascene servant

2. a son of Moses

3. a Benjamite

4. a priest who helped move the ark

5. a Reubenite

6. a prophet who spoke to Jehoshaphat

7. a Levite chief

8. son of Harim

9. priest with foreign wife

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Zichri = "memorable"

1. the father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David

2. the father of Amasiah, a descendant of Judah

3. a son of Izhar and grandson of Kohath

4. a descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses

5. a son of Asaph, elsewhere called 'Zabdi' and 'Zaccur'

6. a priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

7. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shimhi

8. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shashak

9. a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Jeroham

10. father of Joel and descendant of Benjamin

11. a father of Elishaphat, one of the conspirators with Jehoiada

12. a Ephraimite hero in the invading army of Pekah the son of Remaliah

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Maachah = "oppression"

1. father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign

2. father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors

3. a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David

4. son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

   proper feminine noun

5. daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom

6. daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah

7. concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron

8. wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh

9. wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon

   proper noun

Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"

1. a mercenary people hired to fight David

leader, ruler, captain, prince

1. ruler, prince

2. prince-overseer

3. ruler (in other capacities)

4. princely things

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Reubenite = see Reuben "behold a son"

1. a descendant of Reuben the son of Jacob

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1. rod, staff

2. shaft (of spear, dart)

3. club (of shepherd's implement)

4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

5. clan, tribe

Simeonites = see Simeon "harkening"

1. descendants of Simeon

Shephatiah = "Jehovah has judged"

1. a son of David by Abital; David's 5th son

2. head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

3. another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

4. a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah

5. a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah

6. the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag

7. son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of David

8. son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram