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

Binnui = "built up"

1. an exile returnee with Zerubbabel, son of Henadad, who assisted at the reparation of the wall of Jerusalem, under Nehemiah

2. a Levite in time of Ezra, father of Noadiah

3. another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife

4. still another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife

Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"

1. one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army

2. the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course

3. a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon

4. a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth

5. a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark

6. a Levite of the sons of Asaph

7. a Levite in the time of Hezekiah

8. Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives

9. the father of Pelatiah

Bezaleel = "in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God"

1. son of Uri and grandson of Hur; a skilled Judahite artisan in all works of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle

2. an Israelite, one of the sons of Pahath-moab, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

Chelal = "completed"

1. an Israelite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Manasseh = "causing to forget"

1. the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh

   1. the tribe descended from Manasseh

   2. the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh

2. son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile

3. a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Maaseiah = "work of Jehovah"

1. a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

2. a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3. a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

5. father of Azariah

6. one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

7. a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people

8. one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah

9. a Benjamite ancestor of Sallu

10. a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra

11. another priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra

12. father of Zephaniah the prophet in the reign of Zedekiah

13. father of Zedekiah the false prophet in the time of Jeremiah

14. a Levite of the 2nd rank who David appointed to sound with psalteries on Alamoth

15. son of Adaiah and one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of king Joash of Judah

16. an officer of high rank in the reign of king Uzziah

17. son of king Ahaz of Judah who was killed by Zichri in the invasion of Judah by king Pekah of Israel

18. governor of Jerusalem in the reign of Josiah

19. son of Shallum and a Levite of high rand in the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah

20. ancestor of Baruch and Seraiah and a priest

Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"

1. the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'

2. a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David

3. a Levite of the family of Asaph

4. a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah

5. a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir

6. a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat

7. another Levite in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah

9. a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

10. a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

11. a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

12. a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Adna = "rest" or "pleasure"

1. one of the family of Pahath-moab who returned with Ezra and married a foreign wife

2. a priest, descendant of Harim in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

Pahath-moab = "pit of Moab"

1. ancestor of one or two families of Israel who returned from exile in Babylon

2. a leader of the people, father of the wall rebuilder Hashub, and one who signed the covenant with Nehemiah