Ahikam = "my brother has risen (arisen)"

1. son of Shaphan, an officer in Josiah's reign

2. protector of Jeremiah

3. father of Gedaliah

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

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

Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

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

Gedaliah = "Jehovah is great"

1. a son of Jeduthun in the time of David

2. son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar

3. son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah

4. son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah

5. a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

king

Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar = "may Nebo protect the crown"

1. the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive

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

nation, people

1. people, nation

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

kinsman, kindred

to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for

1. (Qal)

   1. to pay attention to, observe

   2. to attend to

   3. to seek, look about for

   4. to seek in vain, need, miss, lack

   5. to visit

   6. to visit upon, punish

   7. to pass in review, muster, number

   8. to appoint, assign, lay upon as a charge, deposit

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking

   2. to be visited

   3. to be visited upon

   4. to be appointed

   5. to be watched over

3. (Piel) to muster, call up

4. (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to set over, make overseer, appoint an overseer

   2. to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit

6. (Hophal)

   1. to be visited

   2. to be deposited

   3. to be made overseer, be entrusted

7. (Hithpael) numbered

8. (Hothpael) numbered

   masculine plural abstract noun

musterings, expenses

to remain, be left over, be left behind

1. (Qal) to remain

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be left over, be left alive, survive

      1. remainder, remnant (participle)

   2. to be left behind

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to leave over, spare

   2. to leave or keep over

   3. to have left

   4. to leave (as a gift)

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