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Nehemiah 12

Neh. 12:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Mattaniah
Mattanyah (Hebrew #4983)
from 4976 and 3050; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
KJV usage: Mattaniah.
Pronounce: mat-tan-yaw'
Origin: or Mattanyahuw {mat-tan-yaw'-hoo}
, and Bakbukiah
Baqbukyah (Hebrew #1229)
emptying (i.e. wasting) of Jah; Bakbukjah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Bakbukiah.
Pronounce: bak-book-yaw'
Origin: from 1228 and 3050
, Obadiah
`Obadyah (Hebrew #5662)
active participle of 5647 and 3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
KJV usage: Obadiah.
Pronounce: o-bad-yaw'
Origin: or mObadyahuw {o-bad-yaw'-hoo}
, Meshullam
Mshullam (Hebrew #4918)
allied; Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
KJV usage: Meshullam.
Pronounce: mesh-ool-lawm'
Origin: from 7999
, Talmon
Talmown (Hebrew #2929)
oppressive; Talmon, a temple doorkeeper
KJV usage: Talmon.
Pronounce: tal-mone'
Origin: from the same as 2728
, Akkub
`Aqquwb (Hebrew #6126)
insidious; Akkub, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Akkub.
Pronounce: ak-koob'
Origin: from 6117
, were porters
show`er (Hebrew #7778)
a janitor
KJV usage: doorkeeper, porter.
Pronounce: sho-are'
Origin: or shomer {sho-are'}: active participle of 8176 (as denominative from 8179)
keeping
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the ward
mishmar (Hebrew #4929)
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.)
KJV usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mawr'
Origin: from 8104
at the ψthresholds
'acuph (Hebrew #624)
collected (only in the plural), i.e. a collection of offerings)
KJV usage: threshold, Asuppim.
Pronounce: aw-soof'
Origin: passive participle of 622
of the gates
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
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or, treasuries, or assemblies.

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Akkub,
Bakbukiah,
Gate,
Mattaniah,
Meshullam,
Obadiah,
Porter,
Talmon,
Ward

Cross References

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Mattaniah.
Neh. 12:8‑9• 8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
 9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. (Neh. 12:8‑9)
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Neh. 11:17‑19• 17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
 18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
 19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. (Neh. 11:17‑19)
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1 Chron. 9:14‑17• 14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
 15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
 16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
 17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (1 Chron. 9:14‑17)
keeping.
1 Chron. 23:32• 32And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord. (1 Chron. 23:32)
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1 Chron. 26:12• 12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord. (1 Chron. 26:12)
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Isa. 21:8• 8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: (Isa. 21:8)
thresholds.
or, treasuries, or assemblies.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.