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Nehemiah 3

Neh. 3:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the gate
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
of the fountain
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
e repaired
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
Shallun
Shalluwn (Hebrew #7968)
Shallun, an Israelite
KJV usage: Shallum.
Pronounce: shal-loon'
Origin: probably for 7967
the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Col-hozeh
Kol-Chozeh (Hebrew #3626)
every seer; Col- Chozeh, an Israelite
KJV usage: Col-hozeh.
Pronounce: kol-kho-zeh'
Origin: from 3605 and 2374
, the ruler
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 part
pelek (Hebrew #6418)
a circuit (i.e. district); also a spindle (as whirled); hence, a crutch
KJV usage: (di-)staff, participle
Pronounce: peh'-lek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be round
of Mizpah
Mitspah (Hebrew #4709)
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of 4708 when "in pause".)
Pronounce: mits-paw'
Origin: feminine of 4708
; he built
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
it, and covered
talal (Hebrew #2926)
properly, to strew over, i.e. (by implication) to cover in or plate (with beams)
KJV usage: cover.
Pronounce: taw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and set up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
the doors
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
thereof, the locks
man`uwl (Hebrew #4514)
from 5274; a bolt
KJV usage: lock.
Pronounce: man-ool'
Origin: or maniul {man-ool'}
thereof, and the bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
thereof, and the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
of the pool
brekah (Hebrew #1295)
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
KJV usage: (fish-)pool.
Pronounce: ber-ay-kaw'
Origin: from 1288
of Siloah
Shiloach (Hebrew #7975)
from 7971; rill; Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Shiloah, Siloah.
Pronounce: shee-lo'-akh
Origin: or (in imitation of 7974) Shelach (Neh. 3:15) {sheh'-lakh}
g by the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
garden
gan (Hebrew #1588)
a garden (as fenced)
KJV usage: garden.
Pronounce: gan
Origin: from 1598
, and unto the stairs
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
that go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
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Neh. 2:14• 14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. (Neh. 2:14)
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John 9:7• 7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. (John 9:7)

More on:

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City of David,
Colhozeh,
Fountain,
Gate,
King,
Locks,
Mizpah; Mizpeh,
Pools,
Shallun,
Siloah; Siloam,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the gate.
Neh. 2:14• 14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. (Neh. 2:14)
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Neh. 12:37• 37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. (Neh. 12:37)
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2 Chron. 32:30• 30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. (2 Chron. 32:30)
the ruler.
Neh. 3:9,12,14• 9And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
 12And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
 14But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. (Neh. 3:9,12,14)
Mizpah.
Neh. 3:7• 7And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. (Neh. 3:7)
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Judg. 20:1,3• 1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
 3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? (Judg. 20:1,3)
Mizpeh.
Jer. 40:6• 6Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. (Jer. 40:6)
Siloah.Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem, between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion.
Dr. Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah.
Isa. 8:6• 6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; (Isa. 8:6)
Shiloah.
Luke 13:4• 4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? (Luke 13:4)
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John 9:7• 7And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. (John 9:7)
Siloam.
the stairs.
2 Sam. 5:6‑7• 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
 7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. (2 Sam. 5:6‑7)
• The fountain gate is close to the pool of Siloah (Siloam; John 9:7); apparently it was associated with a fountain or spring of water. Water, in the Holy Scriptures, is a picture of the Word of God, and flowing water speaks of the Holy Spirit. (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)
• Just, however, as a natural spring can become clogged and cease to flow, so we can grieve the Spirit (Eph. 4:30). The fountain gate is the only gate of which we read “he built it, and covered it” (Neh. 3:15). In the Song of Songs we read, “A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (Song of Sol. 4:12). So we, too, should be a sealed fountain, keeping out that which will grieve the Spirit. (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the fountain-gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the chief of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelahf by the king’s garden, and to the stairs that go down from the cityg of David.

JND Translation Notes

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Siloam, John 9.7.
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The part of Jerusalem thus called.