Elipheleh = "my God sets him apart" or "my God distinguishes him"

1. a Levite gatekeeper and musician for David

Jeiel or Jehiel = "God sweeps away"

1. one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra

2. a chief Reubenite of the house of Joel

3. a Merarite Levite and a gatekeeper to the tabernacle who also played the harp and psaltery in the service before the ark

4. one of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of king Josiah

5. one of the sons of Nebo who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

6. a man of Gibeon and ancestor of king Saul

7. one of the sons of Hotham the Aroerite and one of David's mighty warriors

8. the scribe of king Uzziah who kept the account of the king's irregular predatory warriors

9. a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Elizaphan

10. a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Asaph and forefather of Jahaziel in the time of king Jehoshaphat

lyre, harp

Mikneiah = "possession of Jehovah"

1. one of the Levites of the 2nd rank, gatekeepers of the ark, appointed by David to play in the temple band

Mattithiah = "gift of Jehovah"

1. a Levite who presided over the offerings

2. a Levite appointed by David to minister in the musical service before the ark

3. one of the family of Nebo who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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

to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring

1. (Niphal) enduring (participle)

2. (Piel) to act as overseer or superintendent or director or chief

Obed-edom = "servant of Edom"

1. a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem

2. a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper

   1. the family descended from him

Azaziah = "Jehovah is mighty"

1. a Levite musician in the reign of David who played the harp in the procession which brought the ark from Obed-edom to Jerusalem

2. a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes

3. father of Hoshea, prince of the tribe of Ephraim when David took the census

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

Sheminith

1. perhaps an eight-stringed musical instrument

2. perhaps a musical notation, i.e. an octave