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Nehemiah 12

Neh. 12:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also from the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Gilgal
Beyth (Hebrew #1019)
house of Gilgal (or rolling); Beth-hag-Gilgal, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-gilgal.
Pronounce: hag-Gllgal
Origin: from 1004 and 1537 with the article interposed
Gilgal (Hebrew #1537)
Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Gilgal. See also 1019.
Pronounce: ghil-gawl'
Origin: the same as 1536 (with the article as a properly, noun)
, and out of the fields
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
of Geba
Geba` (Hebrew #1387)
Geba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.
Pronounce: gheh'-bah
Origin: from the same as 1375, a hillock
and Azmaveth
`Azmaveth (Hebrew #5820)
strong one of death; Azmaveth, the name of three Israelites and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Azmaveth. See also 1041.
Pronounce: az-maw'-veth
Origin: from 5794 and 4194
: for the singers
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
had builded
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
them villages
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Azmaveth,
Beth-gilgal,
Geba,
Gilgal,
House,
Jerusalem,
Villages

Cross References

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the house.Or, Beth-Gilgal, a village erected where the Israelites encamped after they had crossed the Jordan.
Deut. 11:30• 30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (Deut. 11:30)
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Josh. 5:9• 9And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. (Josh. 5:9)
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Josh. 10:43• 43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. (Josh. 10:43)
Geba.
Neh. 11:31• 31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, (Neh. 11:31)
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Josh. 21:17• 17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, (Josh. 21:17)
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1 Chron. 6:60• 60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. (1 Chron. 6:60)
Azmaveth.
Ezra 2:24• 24The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. (Ezra 2:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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also from Beth-Gilgalg, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamletsh round about Jerusalem.

JND Translation Notes

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g
Or "the house of Gilgal."
h
See ch. 11.25.