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

Bani = "built"

1. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors

2. a Levite of the line of Merari, and forefather to Ethan

3. a man of Judah of the line of Pharez

4. "children of Bani" returned from captivity with Zerubbabel

5. one or up to three Levites in Nehemiah's time

Jerimoth or Jeremoth = "He is Most High"

1. a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a house of Benjamite

2. a Benjamite, son of Becher and head of a house of Benjamite

3. a Benjamite, son of Beriah and grandson of Elpaal

4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mushi

5. one of the men that joined David in the wilderness

6. a Levite, son of Heman and head of the 15th course of musicians

7. a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

8. a son of Azriel, ruler of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of David

9. a son of king David and the father of the wife of Rehoboam

10. a son of Elam, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

11. a son of Zattu, a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Jashub = "he will return"

1. the 3rd son of Issachar and founder of the family of Jashubites

2. one of the sons of Bani who had to put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Malluch or Melicu = "counsellor"

1. a Merarite Levite, son of Hashabiah

2. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3. a descendant of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

5. one of the leaders of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

6. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Meshullam = "friend"

1. grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe

2. son of Zerubbabel

3. a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal

4. a Benjamite, father of Sallu

5. a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity

6. a Benjamite

   1. perhaps the same as 3 or 4

7. a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah

8. son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem

9. son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem

10. a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

11. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah

    1. perhaps the same as 'Shallum'

12. a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai

13. a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

14. a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

15. a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

16. a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah

17. a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives

18. ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah

19. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away

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

    1. maybe the same as 17

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"

1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah

2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph

3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi

4. a priest, son of Jehoram

5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada

6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Ramoth = "heights"

1. an Israelite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

   proper locative noun

2. Ramoth-gilead - a place in Gilead

   1. site dubious

Sheal = "asking"

1. one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra