(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

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

we (first pers. pl. - usually used for emphasis)

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

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

this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such

1. (alone)

   1. this one

   2. this...that, the one...the other, another

2. (appos to subst)

   1. this

3. (as predicate)

   1. this, such

4. (enclitically)

   1. then

   2. who, whom

   3. how now, what now

   4. what now

   5. wherefore now

   6. behold here

   7. just now

   8. now, now already

5. (poetry)

   1. wherein, which, those who

6. (with prefixes)

   1. in this (place) here, then

   2. on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

   3. thus and thus

   4. as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

   5. from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

   6. on this account

   7. in spite of this, which, whence, how

Jehiel = "God lives"

1. a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of David

2. a Gershonite Levite who had charge of the treasures in the time of David

3. son of Hachmoni and an officer of David and tutor of David's sons

4. a son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah put to death by his brother Jehoram

5. Hemanite who took part in the restoration of king Hezekiah

6. a Levite and overseer in the time of Hezekiah

7. a ruler of the temple during the reforms of Josiah

8. father of Obadiah of the sons of Joab in the time of Ezra

9. father of Shechaniah of the sons of Elam in the time of Ezra

10. a son of Elam who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

11. a priest of the sons of Harim who also had to put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

being, existence, substance, there is or are

1. substance

2. existence

3. there is or are

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1. (Qal)

   1. to sit, sit down

   2. to be set

   3. to remain, stay

   4. to dwell, have one's abode

2. (Niphal) to be inhabited

3. (Piel) to set, place

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to sit

   2. to cause to abide, set

   3. to cause to dwell

   4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited

   5. to marry (give an dwelling to)

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be inhabited

   2. to make to dwell

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

to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass

1. (Qal) to act unfaithfully or treacherously

   1. against man

   2. against God

   3. against devoted thing

   4. against husband

hope

1. hope

2. ground of hope

3. things hoped for, outcome

collection, collected mass

foreign, alien

1. foreign

2. foreigner (subst)

3. foreign woman, harlot

4. unknown, unfamiliar (fig.)

Ezra = "help"

1. the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah

2. a priest with Zerubbabel

3. another post-exilic Jew

Elam = "eternity"

1. a Korhite Levite in the time of David

2. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin

3. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

4. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

5. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

6. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. another head of a family of returning exiles

   proper locative noun

8. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

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

nation, people

1. people, nation

2. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

kinsman, kindred

to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout

1. (Qal)

   1. to answer, respond to

   2. to testify, respond as a witness

2. (Niphal)

   1. to make answer

   2. to be answered, receive answer

(Qal) to sing, utter tunefully

(Qal) to dwell

now

1. now

2. in phrases

Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"

1. a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra

2. son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3. father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

4. son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah

5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

6. a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah