ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill

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

Beth-haccerem = "house of the vineyard"

1. a place in Judah

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 build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

1. (Qal)

   1. to build, rebuild

   2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be built

   2. to be rebuilt

   3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

   4. established (made permanent)

   5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

bar

1. of wood

2. of city gates

of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)

door, gate

1. a door

2. a gate

3. (fig.)

   1. of chest lid

   2. of crocodile jaws

   3. of doors of the heavens

   4. of an easily-accessible woman

he, she, it

1. himself (with emphasis)

2. resuming subj with emphasis

3. (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

4. (anticipating subj)

5. (emphasising predicate)

6. that, it (neuter)

   demonstrative pronoun

that (with article)

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

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

bolt

to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand

1. (Qal)

   1. to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of

   2. to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease

   3. to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast

   4. to make a stand, hold one's ground

   5. to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright

   6. to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against

   7. to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to station, set

   2. to cause to stand firm, maintain

   3. to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect

   4. to present (one) before (king)

   5. to appoint, ordain, establish

3. (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

whirl of spindle, stick, district

1. whirl of spindle, stick

2. district, circuit

Rechab = "rider"

1. father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel

2. father of Malchijah, a leader of the district of Beth Haccerem and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

3. one of the 2 captains whom Ishbosheth took into his service and who conspired to murder him

   proper adjective

Rechabites = see Rechab "rider"

1. descendants of Rechab

gate

1. gate (of entrance)

2. gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)

   1. city, town

3. gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)

4. heaven

prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

1. chieftain, leader

2. vassal, noble, official (under king)

3. captain, general, commander (military)

4. chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

5. heads, princes (of religious office)

6. elders (of representative leaders of people)

7. merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

8. patron-angel

9. Ruler of rulers (of God)

10. warden