Ater = "binder"

1. an exiled descendant of Hezekiah

2. an exiled Levite porter (perhaps same as 1)

3. a chief Israelite who sealed Nehemiah's covenant

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

Hatita = "exploring"

1. head of a family of Levitical porters or gate-keepers who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Talmon = "oppressor"

1. the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra

   1. possibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah

hundred

1. as simple number

2. as part of larger number

3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Akkub = "insidious"

1. son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel

2. a head of a family returning from exile

3. head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile

4. a Levite gatekeeper

5. a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people

6. a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

Shobai = "glorious"

1. ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel

gatekeeper, porter

Shallum = "retribution"

1. son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem

2. the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died

   1. also 'Jehoahaz'

3. husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4

4. uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3

5. a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon

6. a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel

7. an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah

8. a son of Naphtali

9. a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple

   1. maybe same as 13

10. son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

11. a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of Ezra

12. a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9

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

14. a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

thirty, thirtieth

eight, eighth

1. eight (as cardinal number)

2. eighth (as ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers