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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, and layeth up deceit within him;
 25When he speaketh fair, 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• 12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: (1 Chron. 8:12)
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Psa. 37:12,32• 12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. (Psa. 37:12,32)

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Geshem,
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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 quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, 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 in health, 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 just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. (Psa. 37:12)
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Prov. 26:24‑26• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
 25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
 26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation. (Prov. 26:24‑26)
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Eccl. 4:4• 4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. (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• 12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: (1 Chron. 8:12)
they thought.
Psa. 12:2• 2They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. (Psa. 12:2)
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Psa. 37:12,32• 12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. (Psa. 37:12,32)
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Jer. 41:2• 2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. (Jer. 41:2)
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Mic. 7:4‑5• 4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: 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 the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
 20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
 21And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: (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.