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.)

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Hananiah = "God has favoured"

1. the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord. See also, 'Shadrach' (H7714 or H7715)

2. one of the 14 sons of Heman and chief of the 16th course

3. a general in the army of King Uzziah

4. father of Zedekiah in the time of Jehoiakim

5. son of Azur, a Benjamite of Gibeon and a false prophet in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah

6. grandfather of Irijah, the captain of the ward at the gate of Benjamin who arrested Jeremiah on the charge of deserting to the Chaldeans

7. a head of a Benjamite house

8. son of Zerubbabel from whom Christ derived His descent also called 'Joanna' by Luke

9. one of the sons of Bebai who returned with Ezra from Babylon

10. a priest, one of the makers of the sacred ointments and incense, who built a portion of the wall of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah

11. head of the priestly course of Jeremiah in the days of Joiakim

12. ruler of the palace at Jerusalem under Nehemiah and also, along with Hanani, the Tirshatha's brother, entrusted with the arrangements of guarding the gates of Jerusalem

13. Two post exilic Israelites

Joiakim or Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up"

1. a priest and son of Jeshua the high priest

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"

1. the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name

2. a man of Libnah and father of Hamutal the wife of king Josiah

3. a Gadite who joined David at Ziklag

4. a Manassehite, one of the mighty men of valour of the Transjordanic half tribe of Manasseh

5. a Gadite and warrior of David

6. a warrior of David

7. a priest who joined Nehemiah in the covenant ceremony

8. a priest also in the time of Nehemiah; maybe same as 7

9. father of Jaazaniah the Rechabites

priest, principal officer or chief ruler

1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)

2. pagan priests

3. priests of Jehovah

4. Levitical priests

5. Zadokite priests

6. Aaronic priests

7. the high priest

Meraiah = "rebellion"

1. a priest after the exile in the days of Joiakim

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

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

1. the scribe or secretary of David

2. son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem

3. son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon

4. a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab

5. a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu

6. a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

   1. maybe the same as 10

7. son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe

8. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

9. a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah

10. a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

    1. probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6

11. son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings

12. son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch