Arah = "traveller"

1. a man of Asher

2. the prominent head of a family of returning exiles

3. another returned exile

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

owner, husband, lord

1. owner

2. a husband

3. citizens, inhabitants

4. rulers, lords

5. (noun of relationship used to characterise - ie, master of dreams)

6. lord (used of foreign gods)

Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"

1. a son of Zerubbabel

2. a Levite who returned from the exile

3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

4. father of Zechariah

5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark

6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz

daughter

1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin

   1. as polite address

      proper feminine noun

   2. as designation of women of a particular place

   3. as personification

   4. daughter-villages

   5. description of character

young women, women

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)

son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Jehohanan = "Jehovah has graced"

1. a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel

2. a high priest in the time of Ezra

3. a Levite priest who took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

4. son of Tobiah

5. a Korhite Levite and one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle in the time of David

6. a captain of Judah under king Jehoshaphat

7. an Ephraimite

8. an Israelite with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

9. a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem

10. the eldest son of king Josiah

11. a post-exilic prince of the line of David

12. father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time

13. a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors

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

15. a returning exile

that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

1. that

   1. yea, indeed

2. when (of time)

   1. when, if, though (with a concessive force)

3. because, since (causal connection)

4. but (after negative)

5. that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

6. but rather, but

7. except that

8. only, nevertheless

9. surely

10. that is

11. but if

12. for though

13. forasmuch as, for therefore

to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away

1. (Qal)

   1. to take, take in the hand

   2. to take and carry along

   3. to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

   4. to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

   5. to take up or upon, put upon

   6. to fetch

   7. to take, lead, conduct

   8. to take, capture, seize

   9. to take, carry off

   10. to take (vengeance)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be captured

   2. to be taken away, be removed

   3. to be taken, brought unto

3. (Pual)

   1. to be taken from or out of

   2. to be stolen from

   3. to be taken captive

   4. to be taken away, be removed

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be taken unto, be brought unto

   2. to be taken out of

   3. to be taken away

5. (Hithpael)

   1. to take hold of oneself

   2. to flash about (of lightning)

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

much, many, great

1. much

2. many

3. abounding in

4. more numerous than

5. abundant, enough

6. great

7. strong

8. greater than

   adverb

9. much, exceedingly

   masculine noun

captain, chief

oath, curse

1. oath

   1. attesting of innocence

   2. curse

2. oath (of Jehovah)

Shecaniah or Shechaniah = "dweller with Jehovah"

1. a descendant of Zerubbabel whose descendants returned from exile with Ezra

2. son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam and one who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3. father of Shemaiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

4. son of Arah, father-in-law of Tobiah who opposed Nehemiah

5. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

6. a priest in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah