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, toward, unto (of motion)

into (limit is actually entered)

1. in among

toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)

against (motion or direction of a hostile character)

in addition to, to

concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of

according to (rule or standard)

at, by, against (of one's presence)

in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

to gather, receive, remove, gather in

1. (Qal)

   1. to gather, collect

   2. to gather (an individual into company of others)

   3. to bring up the rear

   4. to gather and take away, remove, withdraw

2. (Niphal)

   1. to assemble, be gathered

   2. (pass of Qal 1a2)

      1. to be gathered to one's fathers

      2. to be brought in or into (association with others)

   3. (pass of Qal 1a4)

      1. to be taken away, removed, perish

3. (Piel)

   1. to gather (harvest)

   2. to take in, receive into

   3. rearguard, rearward (subst)

4. (Pual) to be gathered

5. (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

speech, word, speaking, thing

1. speech

2. saying, utterance

3. word, words

4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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

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

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

Levite = see Levi "joined to"

1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

   1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

to count, recount, relate

1. (Qal)

   1. to count (things)

   2. to number, take account of, reckon

2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered

3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare

   1. to recount (something), rehearse

   2. to talk

   3. to count exactly or accurately

4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related

   masculine noun

enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe

1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary

2. learned man, scribe

Ezra = "help"

1. the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah

2. a priest with Zerubbabel

3. another post-exilic Jew

nation, people

1. people, nation

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

kinsman, kindred

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

to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper

1. (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to look at or upon, have insight

   2. to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent

   3. to have insight, have comprehension

      1. insight, comprehension (subst)

   4. to cause to consider, give insight, teach

      1. the teachers, the wise

   5. to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely

   6. to prosper, have success

   7. to cause to prosper

(Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands)

second

1. second (the ordinal number)

2. again (a second time)

3. another, other (something as distinct from something else)

law, direction, instruction

1. instruction, direction (human or divine)

   1. body of prophetic teaching

   2. instruction in Messianic age

   3. body of priestly direction or instruction

   4. body of legal directives

2. law

   1. law of the burnt offering

   2. of special law, codes of law

3. custom, manner

4. the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law