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Nehemiah 6

Neh. 6:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That Sanballat
Canballat (Hebrew #5571)
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
KJV usage: Sanballat.
Pronounce: san-bal-lat'
Origin: of foreign origin
and Geshem
Geshem (Hebrew #1654)
the same as 1653; Geshem or Gashmu, an Arabian
KJV usage: Geshem, Gashmu.
Pronounce: gheh'-shem
Origin: or (prolonged) Gashmuw {gash-moo'}
v sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Come
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, let us meet
ya`ad (Hebrew #3259)
a primitive root; to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage): -agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment,a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).
Pronounce: yaw-ad'
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
in some one of the villages
kphiyr (Hebrew #3715)
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
Pronounce: kef-eer'
Origin: from 3722
in the plain
biq`ah (Hebrew #1237)
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
KJV usage: plain, valley.
Pronounce: bik-aw'
Origin: from 1234
of Ono
'Ownow (Hebrew #207)
Onow {o-no'}; prolonged from 202; strong; Ono, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ono.
Pronounce: o-no'
Origin: or (shortened)
w. But theyx thought
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
to do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
me mischief
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
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Prov. 26:24‑25• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
 25when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. (Prov. 26:24‑25)
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Neh. 11:35• 35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. (Neh. 11:35)
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1 Chron. 8:12• 12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages; (1 Chron. 8:12)
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Psa. 37:12,32• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him: (Psa. 37:12,32)

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Geshem,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Come.They wished to get him out of Jerusalem, from his friends, that they might either carry him off or murder him.
2 Sam. 3:27• 27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him secretly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. (2 Sam. 3:27)
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2 Sam. 20:9• 9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. (2 Sam. 20:9)
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Psa. 37:12• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him. (Psa. 37:12)
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Prov. 26:24‑26• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
 25when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
 26Though his hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation. (Prov. 26:24‑26)
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Eccl. 4:4• 4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 4:4)
Ono.
Neh. 11:35• 35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. (Neh. 11:35)
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1 Chron. 8:12• 12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages; (1 Chron. 8:12)
they thought.
Psa. 12:2• 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. (Psa. 12:2)
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Psa. 37:12,32• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him: (Psa. 37:12,32)
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Jer. 41:2• 2And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. (Jer. 41:2)
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their dishonest gain. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Mic. 7:4‑5• 4The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.
 5Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (Mic. 7:4‑5)
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Luke 20:19‑21• 19And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.
 20And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
 21And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no man's person, but teachest with truth the way of God: (Luke 20:19‑21)
• They understood that if they could make Nehemiah afraid, then the strength of the people would fail. (“Personal Attacks on Nehemiah - Neh. 6:1-19” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plaine of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "valley." see Josh. 11.8.