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

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

to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore

1. (Qal)

   1. to be strong, grow strong

      1. to prevail, prevail upon

      2. to be firm, be caught fast, be secure

      3. to press, be urgent

      4. to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense)

      5. to be severe, be grievous

   2. to strengthen

2. (Piel)

   1. to make strong

   2. to restore to strength, give strength

   3. to strengthen, sustain, encourage

   4. to make strong, make bold, encourage

   5. to make firm

   6. to make rigid, make hard

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to make strong, strengthen

   2. to make firm

   3. to display strength

   4. to make severe

   5. to support

   6. to repair

   7. to prevail, prevail upon

   8. to have or take or keep hold of, retain, hold up, sustain, support

   9. to hold, contain

4. (Hithpael)

   1. to strengthen oneself

   2. to put forth strength, use one's strength

   3. to withstand

   4. to hold strongly with

Harim = "dedicated"

1. a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 3rd course

2. head of a family of exiles totalling 1017 who returned with Zerubbabel

3. another head of a family of exiles totalling 320 who returned with Zerubbabel

4. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

5. a ruler of the people under Nehemiah

Hashub = "considerate"

1. a Merarite Levite chief, son of Azrikam

2. a son of Pahath-moab who assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem

3. a man who assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem; may be same as 2 above

4. one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

tower

1. tower

2. elevated stage, pulpit

3. raised bed

measure, measurement, stature, size, garment

1. measure, act of measurement

2. measurement, size

3. measured portion, extent

4. garment

(BDB) tribute

Malchijah or Malchiah = "my king is Jehovah"

1. the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah

2. the son of Hammelech into whose dungeon Jeremiah was cast

3. the head of the 5th course of priests in the time of David

4. one of the priests who was at the reading of the law by Ezra, sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, and was at the dedication of the wall with Nehemiah

5. a Levite ancestor of Asaph and descendant of Levi through Gershon

6. son of Parosh who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7. son of Harim who put away a foreign wife and helped repair the wall and the Tower of Ovens in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

8. son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, who helped repair the Refuse Gate in the time of Nehemiah

9. a goldsmith who helped repair the wall in the time of Nehemiah

Pahath-moab = "pit of Moab"

1. ancestor of one or two families of Israel who returned from exile in Babylon

2. a leader of the people, father of the wall rebuilder Hashub, and one who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

second

1. second (the ordinal number)

2. again (a second time)

3. another, other (something as distinct from something else)

furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove

1. for cooking

2. of God's wrath, His furnace (fig)

3. of hunger, desire for evil

4. fire-pot