father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

(plural)

1. rulers, judges

2. divine ones

3. angels

4. gods

(plural intensive - singular meaning)

1. god, goddess

2. godlike one

3. works or special possessions of God

4. the (true) God

5. God

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images

   1. the goddess, goddesses

   2. her images

   3. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)

1. high place, mountain

2. high places, battlefields

3. high places (as places of worship)

4. funeral mound?

David = "beloved"

1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require

1. (Qal)

   1. to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)

   2. to consult, enquire of, seek

      1. of God

      2. of heathen gods, necromancers

   3. to seek deity in prayer and worship

      1. God

      2. heathen deities

   4. to seek (with a demand), demand, require

   5. to investigate, enquire

   6. to ask for, require, demand

   7. to practice, study, follow, seek with application

   8. to seek with care, care for

2. (Niphal)

   1. to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)

   2. to be sought, be sought out

   3. to be required (of blood)

he, she, it

1. himself (with emphasis)

2. resuming subj with emphasis

3. (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

4. (anticipating subj)

5. (emphasising predicate)

6. that, it (neuter)

   demonstrative pronoun

that (with article)

to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin

1. (Niphal)

   1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself

      1. ritually

      2. sexually

   2. to be polluted, be defiled

2. (Piel)

   1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute

   2. to violate the honour of, dishonour

   3. to violate (a covenant)

   4. to treat as common

3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to let be profaned

   2. to begin

5. (Hophal) to be begun

to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore

1. (Qal) to pierce

2. (Pual) to be slain

3. (Poel) to wound, pierce

4. (Poal) to be wounded

(Piel) to play the flute or pipe

to be clean, be pure

1. (Qal)

   1. to be clean (physically - of disease)

   2. to be clean ceremonially

   3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean

2. (Piel)

   1. to cleanse, purify

      1. physically

      2. ceremonially

      3. morally

   2. to pronounce clean

   3. to perform the ceremony of cleansing

3. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean

4. (Hithpael)

   1. to purify oneself

      1. ceremonially

      2. morally

   2. to present oneself for purification

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

Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"

1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

to be or become king or queen, reign

1. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

2. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

3. (Hophal) to be made king or queen

to counsel, advise

1. (Niphal) to consider

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

a pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offering

1. libation (with covenant sacrifice)

2. molten metal, molten image, molten gods

web, covering, veil, woven stuff

a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer

1. boy, lad, youth

2. servant, retainer

a going round, continuance

still, yet, again, besides

1. still, yet (of continuance or persistence)

2. still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)

3. again

4. still, moreover, besides

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

image, idol, graven image

eight, eighth

1. eight (as cardinal number)

2. eighth (as ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)