father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

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

to shine

1. (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)

2. (Hiphil) to flash forth light

to praise, boast, be boastful

1. (Qal)

   1. to be boastful

   2. boastful ones, boasters (participle)

2. (Piel)

   1. to praise

   2. to boast, make a boast

3. (Pual)

   1. to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise

4. (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast

5. (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool

6. (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

Hashabiah = "Jehovah has considered"

1. a Merarite Levite

2. the 4th of the 6 sons of Jeduthun who had charge of the 12th course

3. one of the descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath

4. the son of Kemuel, who was prince of the tribe of Levi in the time of David

5. a Levite, one of the chiefs of his tribe who officiated for Josiah at his great passover feast

6. a Merarite Levite, one of the chief priests who accompanied Ezra from Babylon; ruler of half the circuit of Keilah and one who repaired a portion of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. He sealed the covenant of reformation after the return from captivity

7. a Levite, son of Bunni in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, son of Mattaniah in the time of Nehemiah

9. a priest of the family of Hilkiah in the days of Joiakim, son of Jeshua

hand

1. hand (of man)

2. strength, power (fig.)

3. side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)

4. (various special, technical senses)

   1. sign, monument

   2. part, fractional part, share

   3. time, repetition

   4. axle-trees, axle

   5. stays, support (for laver)

   6. tenons (in tabernacle)

   7. a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)

   8. wrists

to throw, shoot, cast

1. (Qal) to shoot (arrows)

2. (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to give thanks,, laud, praise

   2. to confess, confess (the name of God)

4. (Hithpael)

   1. to confess (sin)

   2. to give thanks

Jeduthun = "praising"

1. a Levite of the family of Merari and the chief of one of the 3 choirs of the temple whose descendants also formed one of the perpetual temple choirs; he is named at the beginning of 3 Psalms (39, 62, 77) either as the composer or the recipient of those Psalms but most likely as the leader of the choir by which those Psalms were to be sung

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"

1. the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37

2. son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel

3. a Benjamite

4. one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun

5. son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David

6. son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra

7. a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra

lyre, harp

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 prophesy

1. (Niphal)

   1. to prophesy

      1. under influence of divine spirit

      2. of false prophets

2. (Hithpael)

   1. to prophesy

      1. under influence of divine spirit

      2. of false prophets

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

Zeri = "built"

1. son of Jeduthun and a musician in the court of David

six

1. six (cardinal number)

2. sixth (ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers