firstborn, firstling

1. of men and women

2. of animals

3. noun of relation (fig.)

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

Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

1. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

2. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up"

1. son of Josiah and the third from the last king of Judah; subject vassel of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned for 11 years before he died a violent death either in combat or by the hands of his own subjects

Johanan = "Jehovah has graced"

1. a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel

2. a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem

3. the eldest son of king Josiah

4. a post-exilic prince of the line of David

5. father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time

6. a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors

7. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors

8. a returning exile

Zedekiah = "Jehovah is righteous"

1. the last king of Judah renamed from 'Mattaniah' by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity

2. false prophet at the court of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel

3. son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon

4. son of Hananiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of Jeremiah

5. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

6. son of king Jehoiakim of Judah

fourth

1. fourth

2. four square

3. fourth part

Shallum = "retribution"

1. son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem

2. the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died

   1. also 'Jehoahaz'

3. husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4

4. uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3

5. a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon

6. a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel

7. an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah

8. a son of Naphtali

9. a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple

   1. maybe same as 13

10. son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

11. a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of Ezra

12. a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9

13. a Levite gatekeeper who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

14. a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

third, one third, third part, third time

1. ordinal number

second

1. second (the ordinal number)

2. again (a second time)

3. another, other (something as distinct from something else)