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Nehemiah 12

Neh. 12:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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νSallu
Calluw (Hebrew #5543)
{sal-loo'}; or Caluw {sal-loo'}; or Callay {sal-lah'-ee}; from 5541; weighed; Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Sallai, Sallu, Salu.
Pronounce: sal-loo'
Origin: or Calluw
, Amok
`Amowq (Hebrew #5987)
deep; Amok, an Israelite
KJV usage: Amok.
Pronounce: aw-moke'
Origin: from 6009
, Hilkiah
Chilqiyah (Hebrew #2518)
portion of Jah; {Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
KJV usage: Hillkiah.
Pronounce: khil-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Chilqiyahuw {khil-kee-yaw'-hoo}'from 2506 and 3050
, Jedaiah
Ykda`yah (Hebrew #3048)
Jah has known; Jedajah, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Jedaiah.
Pronounce: yed-ah-yaw'
Origin: from 3045 and 3050
. These were the chief
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
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
and 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
in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of Jeshua
Yeshuwa` (Hebrew #3442)
he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Jeshua.
Pronounce: yay-shoo'-ah
Origin: for 3091
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or, Sallai,
Neh. 12:20• 20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; (Neh. 12:20)
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Ezra 3:2• 2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer up burnt-offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. (Ezra 3:2)
,Joshua;
Hag. 1:1• 1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, (Hag. 1:1)
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Zech. 3:1• 1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)

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Amok,
Brethren,
Hilkiah,
Jedaiah,
Jeshua; Jeshuah,
Priest; Priesthood,
Sallu

Cross References

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Sallu.The variation of [Callûw ,] Sallu, and [Callay ,] Sallai, is simply caused by the mutation of [Vâv,] {wav} and [Yôwd,] {yood.}
Neh. 12:20• 20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; (Neh. 12:20)
Sallai.
the chief."The chief of the priests" seem to have been the heads of the courses established by David.
1 Chron. 24:18• 18the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah. (1 Chron. 24:18)
of Jeshua.
Neh. 12:1• 1And these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, (Neh. 12:1)
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Ezra 3:2• 2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer up burnt-offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. (Ezra 3:2)
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Hag. 1:1• 1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, (Hag. 1:1)
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Zech. 3:1• 1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zech. 3:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.