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

Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens"

1. the father of Nehemiah

to seal, seal up, affix a seal

1. (Qal)

   1. to seal, affix one's seal

   2. to seal up, fasten up by sealing

2. (Niphal) to seal

3. (Piel) to lock up

4. (Hiphil) to be stopped

Nehemiah = "Jehovah comforts"

1. the son of Hachaliah, cupbearer to king Artaxerxes, who became governor of Judah after the return from exile

2. one of the 12 heads of the people who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

3. son of Azbuk and ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem

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

Zedekiah = "Jehovah is righteous"

1. the last king of Judah renamed from 'Mattaniah' by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity

2. false prophet at the court of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel

3. son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon

4. son of Hananiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of Jeremiah

5. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

6. son of king Jehoiakim of Judah

Tirshatha - governor

1. a title used by the Persian governor in Judea

   1. Nehemiah used this title