Imri = "eloquent"

1. a man of Judah

2. an ancestor of one of Nehemiah's helpers

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

Bani = "built"

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

2. a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan

3. a man of Judah of the line of Pharez

4. "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel

5. one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

1. Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother

2. son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin

3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

4. the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than

1. from (expressing separation), off, on the side of

2. out of

   1. (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)

   2. (of material from which something is made)

   3. (of source or origin)

3. out of, some of, from (partitively)

4. from, since, after (of time)

5. than, more than (in comparison)

6. from...even to, both...and, either...or

7. than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)

8. from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)

   conjunction

that

Uthai = "helpful"

1. son of Ammihud and a descendant of Pharez of Judah

2. one of the sons of Bigvai who returned from exile with the 2nd caravan with Ezra

Ammihud = "my kinsman is majesty"

1. an Ephraimite, father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the exodus

2. a Simeonite, father of Shemuel

3. father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali

4. father of king Talmai of Geshur

5. a descendant of Judah through his son Pharez

Omri = "pupil of Jehovah"

1. king of the northern kingdom of Israel, successor to king Elah for whom he was the captain of the army; ruled for 12 years and succeeded by his infamous son Ahab

2. one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin

3. a descendant of Pharez the son of Judah

4. son of Michael and chief of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David

Perez or Pharez = "breach"

1. twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ