Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

1. a grandson of Eli

2. the father of Zadok the priest

(plural)

1. rulers, judges

2. divine ones

3. angels

4. gods

(plural intensive - singular meaning)

1. god, goddess

2. godlike one

3. works or special possessions of God

4. the (true) God

5. God

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

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

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

Meraioth = "rebellious"

1. grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house

2. son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house

3. head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

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

leader, ruler, captain, prince

1. ruler, prince

2. prince-overseer

3. ruler (in other capacities)

4. princely things

Zadok = "righteous"

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king

2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1

3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah

7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse

8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

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