Eliashib = "God restores"

1. a priest in David's reign

2. a descendant of David

3. a high priest in Nehemiah's time

4. a temple singer with foreign wife

5. one of the line of Zattu

6. one of the line of Bani

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 go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, pass through

   2. to flee

   3. to hasten, come quickly

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to pass through

   2. to cause to flee, put to flight

   3. to drive away

great

1. large (in magnitude and extent)

2. in number

3. in intensity

4. loud (in sound)

5. older (in age)

6. in importance

   1. important things

   2. great, distinguished (of men)

   3. God Himself (of God)

      substantive

7. great things

8. haughty things

9. greatness

   proper masculine noun

Horonite = "native of Horonaim"

1. an inhabitant of Horonaim in Moab

   1. the designation of Sanballat, the opponent of Nehemiah

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

Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"

1. son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem

2. son of the high priest Eliashib 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

Sanballat = "strength"

1. a Moabite of Horonaim and the opponent of Nehemiah and the returned exiles in their goal of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although