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Ezra 2

Ezra 2:69 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They gave
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
after their ability
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
unto the treasure
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
f of the work
mla'kah (Hebrew #4399)
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Pronounce: mel-aw-kaw'
Origin: from the same as 4397
threescore
ribbow (Hebrew #7239)
or ribbow {rib-bo'} from 7231; a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
KJV usage: great things, ten ((eight)-een, (for)-ty, + sixscore, + threescore, X twenty, (twen)-ty) thousand.
Pronounce: rib-bo'
Origin: from 7231
shesh (Hebrew #8337)
a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
KJV usage: six((-teen, -teenth)), sixth.
Pronounce: shaysh
Origin: masculine shishshah {shish-shaw'}
and one thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
drams
darkmown (Hebrew #1871)
a "drachma," or coin
KJV usage: dram.
Pronounce: dar-kem-one'
Origin: of Pers. origin
of gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
pound
maneh (Hebrew #4488)
properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) a maneh or mina
KJV usage: maneh, pound.
Pronounce: maw-neh'
Origin: from 4487
of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and one hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
priests’
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
garments
kthoneth (Hebrew #3801)
from an unused root meaning to cover (compare 3802); a shirt
KJV usage: coat, garment, robe.
Pronounce: keth-o'-neth
Origin: or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}
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Ezra 8:25‑34• 25and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.
26And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents;
27and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
28And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.
29Watch and keep them until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
30And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Urijah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites:
34the whole by number and by weight; and all the weight was written down at that time.
(Ezra 8:25‑34)
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1 Kings 7:51• 51And all the work was finished that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; the silver and the gold and the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of Jehovah. (1 Kings 7:51)
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1 Chron. 22:14• 14And behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; and timber and stone have I prepared; and thou shalt add to it. (1 Chron. 22:14)
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1 Chron. 26:20‑28• 20And the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21The sons of Laadan, the sons of the Gershonites of Laadan, chief fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli;
22the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
23As to the Amramites, the Jizharites, the Hebronites, the Uzzielites … .
24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasures.
25And his brethren, of Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, and Isaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which king David, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated
27(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them, to maintain the house of Jehovah),
28and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated: all that was dedicated was under the hand of Shelomith and of his brethren.
(1 Chron. 26:20‑28)
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Neh. 7:71‑72• 71And some of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.
72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' coats.
(Neh. 7:71‑72)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand daricsc of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ coats.

JND Translation Notes

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* A Persian gold coin weighing about 130 grains. See 1 Chron. 29.7. The pound is the Hebrew maneh, about 50 shekels in money. see Neh. 7.71; Ezek. 45.12.