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Nehemiah 4

Neh. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
k, O our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
s; for we are ζdespised
buwzah (Hebrew #939)
something scorned; an object of contempt
KJV usage: despised.
Pronounce: boo-zaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 936
: and turn
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
l their reproach
cherpah (Hebrew #2781)
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
KJV usage: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
Pronounce: kher-paw'
Origin: from 2778
upon their own head
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
, and give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
them for a prey
bizzah (Hebrew #961)
booty
KJV usage: prey, spoil.
Pronounce: biz-zaw'
Origin: feminine of 957
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of captivity
shibyah (Hebrew #7633)
exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)
KJV usage: captives(-ity).
Pronounce: shib-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7628
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 55:16‑22• 16As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
 18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
 19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
 20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
 21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
 22Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. (Psa. 55:16‑22)
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despite.
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Psa. 79:12• 12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psa. 79:12)
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Prov. 3:34• 34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Prov. 3:34)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hear.
Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
despised.
Heb. despite.
turn.
1 Sam. 17:26• 26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? (1 Sam. 17:26)
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Psa. 79:12• 12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psa. 79:12)
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Prov. 3:34• 34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Prov. 3:34)
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Hos. 12:14• 14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. (Hos. 12:14)
• If we are despised, is it not the Lord who is really despised? Can He not take it? This is the shield of faith in action; it is good to make it as large as possible and to hide beneath its protecting shadow. (“Trouble - Neh. 4:1-5” by N. Simon)
• It is ever blessed when we can take all the enemy's revilings to, and leave them with, God. In the energy and impatience of nature, we are too apt to attempt to meet the foe in our own strength, and thus we often rush into the conflict only to encounter defeat and disaster. But faith turns the eye upward and commits all to the Lord. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)
• "For we are despised." God's people are precious in His sight, and to despise them is to despise Him. Nehemiah had entered into this, and thus made his appeal to the heart of God. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a preyh in a land of captivity!

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to reproach."