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

these

1. used before antecedent

2. used following antecedent

Artaxerxes = "I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter"

1. son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC

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

speech, word, speaking, thing

1. speech

2. saying, utterance

3. word, words

4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"

1. father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah

2. high priest in the reign of Josiah

3. a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi

4. another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah

5. one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest

6. a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah

7. father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

king

royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power

1. royal power, dominion

2. reign

3. kingdom, realm

Ezra = "help"

1. the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah

2. a priest with Zerubbabel

3. another post-exilic Jew

Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"

1. son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also 'Uzziah'

2. the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord

   1. also, 'Abednego' (H5664 or H5665)

3. son of Nathan and an officer of Solomon; perhaps David's grandson and Solomon's nephew

4. a prophet in the days of king Asa of Judah

5. son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 5

6. another son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 4

7. a priest, son of Ahimaaz, grandson of Zadok and high priest in the reign of king Solomon

8. the high priest in the reign of king Uzziah of Judah

9. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah; probably same as 18

10. a Kohathite Levite, father of Joel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

11. a Merarite Levite, son of Jehalelel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

12. a Kohathite Levite, son of Zephaniah and ancestor of Samuel the prophet

13. a Levite who helped Ezra in instructing the people in the law

14. son of Jeroham and one of the temple captains of Judah in the time of queen Athaliah; probably the same as 21

15. son of Maaseiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

16. one of the leaders who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel

17. a man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah; probably the same as 10

18. son of Johanan, one of the captains of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz of Judah

19. a Judaite, son of Ethan of the sons of Zerah

20. a Judaite, son of Jehu of the family of the Jerahmeelites and descended from Jarha the Egyptian slave of Sheshan; probably one of the captains of the time of queen Athaliah and the same as 15

21. a priest, son of Hilkiah

22. a priest, son of Johanan

23. son of king Jehoram of Judah; probably clerical error for 'Ahaziah'

24. son of Meraioth

25. son of Hoshaiah and one of the proud men who confronted Jeremiah

Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south

   1. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

2. the people of the Persian empire

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

1. the scribe or secretary of David

2. son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem

3. son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon

4. a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab

5. a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu

6. a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

   1. maybe the same as 10

7. son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe

8. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

9. a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah

10. a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

    1. probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6

11. son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings

12. son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch