Asaph = "gatherer"

1. the father of Hezekiah's secretary

2. a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David

3. a Persian officer over the royal forest

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

Zaccur or Zacchur = "mindful"

1. father of Shammua, the Reubenite spy

2. a Simeonite of the family of Mishma

3. a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah

4. son of Asaph the singer

5. the son of Imri who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall

6. a Levite, or family of Levites, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

7. a Levite whose son or descendant Hanan was one of the treasurers over the treasuries appointed by Nehemiah

Zechariah = "Jehovah remembers"

1. 11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel

2. king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II

3. son of Meshelemiah of Shelemiah, a Korhite, and keeper of the north gate of the tabernacle of the congregation

4. one of the sons of Jehiel

5. a Levite of the second order in the temple band in the time of David

6. one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat

7. son of the high priest Jehoiada, in the reign of Joash king of Judah, who was stoned in the court of the temple

8. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Josiah

9. the leader of the sons of Pharosh who returned with Ezra

10. son of Bebai

11. one of the chiefs of the people whom Ezra summoned in council at the river Ahava; stood at Ezra's left hand when Ezra expounded the law to the people

12. one of the family of Elam who had married a foreign wife after the captivity

13. ancestor of Athaiah or Uthai

14. a Shilonite, descendant of Perez, grandfather of Athaiah

15. a priest, son of Pashur

16. the representative of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua; possibly the same as 1 above

17. one of the priests, son of Jonathan, who blew with the trumpets at the dedication of the city wall by Ezra and Nehemiah

18. a chief of the Reubenites at the time of the captivity by Tiglath-pileser

19. one of the priests who accompanied the ark from the house of Obed-edom

20. son of Isshiah of Jesiah, a Kohathite Levite descended from Uzziel

21. 4th son of Hosah, of the children of Merari

22. a Manassite, father of Iddo

23. father of Jahaziel. He prophesied in the spirit

24. one of the sons of Jehoshaphat

25. a prophet in the reign of Uzziah, who appears to have acted as the king's counsellor, but of whom nothing is known

26. father of Abijah or Abi, Hezekiah's mother

27. one of the family of Asaph in the reign of Hezekiah

28. one of the rulers of the temple in the reign of Josiah

29. son of Jeberechiah who was taken by the prophet Isaiah as one of the 'faithful witnesses to record' when he wrote concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz

trumpet, clarion

Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"

1. a son of king Saul and a friend of David

2. a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear

3. one of David's mighty warriors

4. a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall

5. a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem

6. another Judaite

7. father of Ebed in the time of Ezra

8. son of Asahel in the time of Ezra

9. a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah

10. son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah

priest, principal officer or chief ruler

1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)

2. pagan priests

3. priests of Jehovah

4. Levitical priests

5. Zadokite priests

6. Aaronic priests

7. the high priest

Micah or Michaiah = "who is like God"

1. the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah

2. father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah

3. one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"

1. the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'

2. a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David

3. a Levite of the family of Asaph

4. a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah

5. a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir

6. a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat

7. another Levite in the time of Nehemiah

8. a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah

9. a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

10. a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

11. a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

12. a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah"

1. a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah

2. the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

3. father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

4. an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah

5. a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel

6. a Simeonite, father of Shimri

7. a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog

8. a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah

9. a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah

10. a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David

11. a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David

12. a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David

13. a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

14. a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo

15. a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

16. a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

17. a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah

18. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra

19. a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

20. an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

21. son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah

22. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall

23. a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

24. a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

25. grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah

26. another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah