to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Azaliah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) has reserved (set apart)"

1. the father of Shaphan the scribe

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

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

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

Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

1. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

2. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

king

Meshullam = "friend"

1. grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe

2. son of Zerubbabel

3. a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal

4. a Benjamite, father of Sallu

5. a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity

6. a Benjamite

   1. perhaps the same as 3 or 4

7. a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah

8. son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem

9. son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem

10. a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

11. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah

    1. perhaps the same as 'Shallum'

12. a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai

13. a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

14. a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

15. a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

16. a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah

17. a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives

18. ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah

19. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away

20. one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

    1. maybe the same as 17

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

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

to send, send away, let go, stretch out

1. (Qal)

   1. to send

   2. to stretch out, extend, direct

   3. to send away

   4. to let loose

2. (Niphal) to be sent

3. (Piel)

   1. to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out

   2. to let go, set free

   3. to shoot forth (of branches)

   4. to let down

   5. to shoot

4. (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled

5. (Hiphil) to send

eight, eighth

1. eight (as cardinal number)

2. eighth (as ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

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