Abiathar = "my father is great"

1. priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

Uriel = "God (El) is my light"

1. chief of the Levitical line of Kohath in David's time

2. maternal grandfather of Abijah

Eliel = "my God is God" or "El is God"

1. an ancestor of Samuel

2. chief in David's army (might be two or three different men)

3. a Levite with David in moving the ark

4. a chief of Manasseh

5. two chiefs of Benjamin

6. a chief Kohathite

7. a Levite

David = "beloved"

1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

Joel = "Jehovah is God"

1. son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah

2. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer

3. a Simeonite chief

4. a Reubenite

5. a chief of Gad

6. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar

7. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors

8. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David

9. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife

10. a Benjamite, son of Zichri

11. a Levite

12. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

13. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David

14. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

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

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

Amminadab = "my kinsman is noble"

1. son of Ram or Aram and father of Nahshon or Naasson and an ancestor of Jesus; father-in-law of Aaron

2. a Kohathite Levite and chief of the sons of Uzziel

3. a Levite, son of Kohath; also 'Izhar'

Asaiah = "made by Jehovah"

1. a prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

2. a servant of king Josiah of Judah

3. a Merarite Levite, chief of his family, in the time of David

Zadok = "righteous"

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king

2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1

3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah

7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse

8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

1. (Qal)

   1. to call, cry, utter a loud sound

   2. to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)

   3. to proclaim

   4. to read aloud, read (to oneself), read

   5. to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow

   6. to call, name, give name to, call by

2. (Niphal)

   1. to call oneself

   2. to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named

3. (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

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