Elishama = "my God has heard"

1. an Ephraimite chief in the wilderness

2. a son of David

3. Jehoiakim's secretary

4. a priest who taught the law

5. a man of Judah

Elnathan = "God has given"

1. king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather

2. three chief men in Ezra's time

3. son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

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

Gemariah = "Jehovah has accomplished"

1. the son of Shaphan the scribe and father of Michaiah; one of the nobles of Judah who had a chamber in the temple from which Baruch read Jeremiah's alarming prophecy to all the people

2. the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews

Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"

1. a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course

2. a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim

3. the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel

4. a descendant of Zerubbabel

5. the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

behold, lo, see, if

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

to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down

1. (Qal)

   1. to go or come down

   2. to sink

   3. to be prostrated

   4. to come down (of revelation)

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring down

   2. to send down

   3. to take down

   4. to lay prostrate

   5. to let down

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought down

   2. to be taken down

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1. (Qal)

   1. to sit, sit down

   2. to be set

   3. to remain, stay

   4. to dwell, have one's abode

2. (Niphal) to be inhabited

3. (Piel) to set, place

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to sit

   2. to cause to abide, set

   3. to cause to dwell

   4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited

   5. to marry (give an dwelling to)

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be inhabited

   2. to make to dwell

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

room, chamber, hall, cell

king

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

Achbor = "mouse"

1. father of king Baal-hanan of Edom

2. son of Michaiah and contemporary of king Josiah of Judah

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Zedekiah = "Jehovah is righteous"

1. the last king of Judah renamed from 'Mattaniah' by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity

2. false prophet at the court of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel

3. son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon

4. son of Hananiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of Jeremiah

5. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

6. son of king Jehoiakim of Judah

there, thither

1. there

2. thither (after verbs of motion)

3. from there, thence

4. then (as an adverb of time)

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

1. a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah

2. the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

3. father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

4. an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

5. a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel

6. a Simeonite, father of Shimri

7. a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog

8. a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah

9. a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah

10. a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David

11. a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David

12. a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David

13. a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

14. a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo

15. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

16. a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

17. a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah

18. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra

19. a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

20. an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

21. son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah

22. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall

23. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

24. a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

25. grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

26. another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

rock badger, coney, the hyrax

secretary or scribe of king Josiah of Judah

father of Ahikam in the time of king Josiah of Judah

1. improbably the same as 2

father of Elasah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

1. perhaps the same as 3

a scribe and father of Gemariah

1. perhaps the same as 2

father of Jaazaniah in the time of Ezekiel

1. perhaps the same as 2

prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

1. chieftain, leader

2. vassal, noble, official (under king)

3. captain, general, commander (military)

4. chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

5. heads, princes (of religious office)

6. elders (of representative leaders of people)

7. merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

8. patron-angel

9. Ruler of rulers (of God)

10. warden