Bani = "built"

1. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors

2. a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan

3. a man of Judah of the line of Pharez

4. "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel

5. one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

Zattu = "brightness of him"

1. a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

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

nation, people

1. people, nation

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

kinsman, kindred

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

Parosh or Pharosh = "flea"

1. ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel and a 2nd group who returned with Ezra

2. a leader of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

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