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

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)

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

1. (Qal)

   1. to build, rebuild

   2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be built

   2. to be rebuilt

   3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

   4. established (made permanent)

   5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon"

1. the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

union, unitedness

together, altogether, all together, alike

Jeshua = "he is saved"

1. son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan

2. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration

3. a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course

4. a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

5. head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon

6. father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

   proper locative noun

7. a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

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

Cyrus = "possess thou the furnace"

1. the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem

that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

1. that

   1. yea, indeed

2. when (of time)

   1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

3. because, since (causal connection)

4. but (after negative)

5. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

6. but rather, but

7. except that

8. only, nevertheless

9. surely

10. that is

11. but if

12. for though

13. forasmuch as, for therefore

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

king

Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south

   1. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

2. the people of the Persian empire

to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order

1. (Piel)

   1. to lay charge upon

   2. to give charge to, give command to

   3. to give charge unto

   4. to give charge over, appoint

   5. to give charge, command

   6. to charge, command

   7. to charge, commission

   8. to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

2. (Pual) to be commanded

head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

1. head (of man, animals)

2. top, tip (of mountain)

3. height (of stars)

4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

5. head, front, beginning

6. chief, choicest, best

7. head, division, company, band

8. sum

rest, residue, remnant, remainder