brother

1. brother of same parents

2. half-brother (same father)

3. relative, kinship, same tribe

4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

5. (fig.) of resemblance

Hodiah = "majesty of Jehovah"

1. one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah

Hodijah = "my majesty is Jehovah"

1. a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

2. another Levite at the same time

3. a chief of the people at the same time

Canan or Hanan = "he is merciful"

1. one of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin

2. last of the 6 sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul

3. son of Maachah, one of David's mighty warriors

4. father of some sons who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

5. one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law

6. one of the heads of the people who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

7. another of the chief laymen who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

8. son of Zaccur, grandson of Mattaniah whom Nehemiah made one of the storekeepers of the provisions collected as tithes. Same as 5 ?

9. son of Igdaliah

Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders"

1. son of Elioenai and a descendant of David in the royal line

2. a priest who helped Ezra to expound the law to the people and also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Kelita = "crippled"

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

   1. also 'Kelaiah'

Shebaniah = "increased by Jehovah"

1. a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

2. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

3. a 2nd Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

4. a priest appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God