a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother

having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, or countryman

any fellow or man

a fellow believer, united to another by the bond of affection

an associate in employment or office

brethren in Christ

1. his brothers by blood

2. all men

3. apostles

4. Christians, as those who are exalted to the same heavenly place

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

Babylon = "confusion"

1. a very large and famous city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed the temple of Belis. At length the city was reduced to almost solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighbouring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor.

2. of the territory of Babylonia

3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity

of men who fathered children

1. to be born

2. to be begotten

   1. of women giving birth to children

metaph.

1. to engender, cause to arise, excite

2. in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone

3. of God making Christ his son

4. of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work

but, moreover, and, etc.

upon, on, at, by, before

of position, on, at, by, over, against

to, over, on, at, across, against

Jeconiah or Jehoiachin = "whom Jehovah establishes"

1. was the son of Jehoiakim, and for three months and ten days king of Judah until Nebuchadnezzar carried him into captivity (597 BC)

Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

1. king of Judah, who restored among the Jews the worship of the true God, and after a reign of thirty one years was slain in battle about 611 BC

and, also, even, indeed, but

removal from one abode to another, esp. a forced removal

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted