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Ezra 8

Ezra 8:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then I separated
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
twelve
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
of the chief
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the 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
, Sherebiah
Sherebyah (Hebrew #8274)
Jah has brought heat; Sherebjah, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Sherebiah.
Pronounce: shay-rayb-yaw'
Origin: from 8273 and 3050
, Hashabiah
Chashabyah (Hebrew #2811)
from 2803 and 3050; Jah has regarded; Chashabjah, the name of nine Israelites
KJV usage: Hashabiah.
Pronounce: khash-ab-yaw'
Origin: or Chashabyahuw {khash-ab-yaw'-hoo}
, and ten
`eser (Hebrew #6235)
from 6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
KJV usage: ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
Pronounce: eh'ser
Origin: masculine of term aasarah {as-aw-raw'}
of their brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
with them,

More on:

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Brethren,
Hashabiah,
Priest; Priesthood,
Sherebiah,
Ten,
Twelve

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sherebiah.
Ezra 8:18‑19• 18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
 19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; (Ezra 8:18‑19)
• None but the priests and Levites could touch or carry the holy vessels or furniture of the house of God (see Numb. 4). (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 8” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,