Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"

1. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

2. second son of Samuel

3. son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel

4. son of Becher, a Benjamite

5. head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)

6. head of a priestly house (after the exile)

7. wife of Hezron

8. mother of Hezekiah (cf H21)

after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)

1. as an adverb

   1. behind (of place)

   2. afterwards (of time)

2. as a preposition

   1. behind, after (of place)

   2. after (of time)

   3. besides

3. as a conjunction

   1. after that

4. as a substantive

   1. hinder part

5. with other prepositions

   1. from behind

   2. from following after

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

Bethel = "house of God"

1. ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)

2. a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag

daughter

1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin

   1. as polite address

      proper feminine noun

   2. as designation of women of a particular place

   3. as personification

   4. daughter-villages

   5. description of character

young women, women

Jeroboam = "the people will contend"

1. the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 10 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon's son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign

2. the 8th king of the northern kingdom of Israel, son of Joash, and 4th in the dynasty of Jehu; during his reign the Syrian invaders were repelled and the kingdom restored to its former borders but the idolatry of the kingdom was maintained

Jeshanah = "storage"

1. a town of the southern border of the northern kingdom near Bethel

to capture, take, seize

1. (Qal)

   1. to capture, seize

   2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

   3. to take (by lot)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be captured

   2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than

1. from (expressing separation), off, on the side of

2. out of

   1. (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)

   2. (of material from which something is made)

   3. (of source or origin)

3. out of, some of, from (partitively)

4. from, since, after (of time)

5. than, more than (in comparison)

6. from...even to, both...and, either...or

7. than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)

8. from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)

   conjunction

that

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

Ephron = "fawn-like"

1. a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah

   proper locative noun

2. a city on the borders of Benjamin

3. a mountain on the northern border of Judah

to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after

1. (Qal)

   1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon

   2. to persecute, harass (fig)

   3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig)

   4. to run after (a bribe) (fig)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be pursued

   2. one pursued (participle)

3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue

4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away

5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase