Asaph = "gatherer"

1. the father of Hezekiah's secretary

2. a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David

3. a Persian officer over the royal forest

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

Benaiah = "Jehovah has built" or "Yahweh has built up"

1. one of David's mighty warriors, son of Jehoiada the chief priest, a Levite, set by David over his bodyguard, later having remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah's attempt on the crown, was raised into the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the army

2. the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David's thirty mighty warriors, and the captain of the eleventh monthly course

3. a Simeonite, a prince of the families of Simeon

4. a Levite in the time of David who played with a psaltery on Alamoth

5. a priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark

6. a Levite of the sons of Asaph

7. a Levite in the time of Hezekiah

8. Four Israelites in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives

9. the father of Pelatiah

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Zechariah = "Jehovah remembers"

1. 11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel

2. king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II

3. son of Meshelemiah of Shelemiah, a Korhite, and keeper of the north gate of the tabernacle of the congregation

4. one of the sons of Jehiel

5. a Levite of the second order in the temple band in the time of David

6. one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat

7. son of the high priest Jehoiada, in the reign of Joash king of Judah, who was stoned in the court of the temple

8. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Josiah

9. the leader of the sons of Pharosh who returned with Ezra

10. son of Bebai

11. one of the chiefs of the people whom Ezra summoned in council at the river Ahava; stood at Ezra's left hand when Ezra expounded the law to the people

12. one of the family of Elam who had married a foreign wife after the captivity

13. ancestor of Athaiah or Uthai

14. a Shilonite, descendant of Perez, grandfather of Athaiah

15. a priest, son of Pashur

16. the representative of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua; possibly the same as 1 above

17. one of the priests, son of Jonathan, who blew with the trumpets at the dedication of the city wall by Ezra and Nehemiah

18. a chief of the Reubenites at the time of the captivity by Tiglath-pileser

19. one of the priests who accompanied the ark from the house of Obed-edom

20. son of Isshiah of Jesiah, a Kohathite Levite descended from Uzziel

21. 4th son of Hosah, of the children of Merari

22. a Manassite, father of Iddo

23. father of Jahaziel. He prophesied in the spirit

24. one of the sons of Jehoshaphat

25. a prophet in the reign of Uzziah, who appears to have acted as the king's counsellor, but of whom nothing is known

26. father of Abijah or Abi, Hezekiah's mother

27. one of the family of Asaph in the reign of Hezekiah

28. one of the rulers of the temple in the reign of Josiah

29. son of Jeberechiah who was taken by the prophet Isaiah as one of the 'faithful witnesses to record' when he wrote concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

Jahaziel = "beheld of God"

1. a Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag

2. a priest in the reign of David who helped move the ark

3. a Kohathite Levite, 3rd son of Hebron

4. a Levite, son of Zechariah, of the sons of Asaph, in the reign of Jehoshaphat

5. an ancestor of one of the families who returned from exile with Ezra

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

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

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

Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"

1. the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'

2. a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David

3. a Levite of the family of Asaph

4. a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah

5. a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir

6. a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat

7. another Levite in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah

9. a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

10. a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

11. a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

12. a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

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

assembly, company, congregation, convocation

1. assembly

   1. for evil counsel, war or invasion, religious purposes

2. company (of returning exiles)

3. congregation

   1. as organised body

wind, breath, mind, spirit

1. breath

2. wind

   1. of heaven

   2. quarter (of wind), side

   3. breath of air

   4. air, gas

   5. vain, empty thing

3. spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)

   1. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour

   2. courage

   3. temper, anger

   4. impatience, patience

   5. spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)

   6. disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse

   7. prophetic spirit

4. spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)

   1. as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being

5. spirit (as seat of emotion)

   1. desire

   2. sorrow, trouble

6. spirit

   1. as seat or organ of mental acts

   2. rarely of the will

   3. as seat especially of moral character

7. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

   1. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy

   2. as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning

   3. imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power

   4. as endowing men with various gifts

   5. as energy of life

   6. as manifest in the Shekinah glory

   7. never referred to as a depersonalised force

midst, middle

1. midst, middle

2. into, through (after verbs of motion)

3. among (of a number of persons)

4. between (of things arranged by twos)

5. from among (as to take or separate etc)