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Nehemiah 13

Neh. 13:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I made treasurers
'atsar (Hebrew #686)
to store up
KJV usage: (lay up in) store, + (make) treasure(-r).
Pronounce: aw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
over the treasuries
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
a, Shelemiah
Shelemyah (Hebrew #8018)
from 8002 and 3050; thank-offering of Jah; Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites
KJV usage: Shelemiah.
Pronounce: shel-em-yaw'
Origin: or Shelemyahuw {shel-em-yaw'-hoo}
the priest
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 Zadok
Tsadowq (Hebrew #6659)
just; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zadok.
Pronounce: tsaw-doke'
Origin: from 6663
the scribe
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
, and of the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
, Pedaiah
Pdayah (Hebrew #6305)
from 6299 and 3050; Jah has ransomed; Pedajah, the name of six Israelites
KJV usage: Pedaiah.
Pronounce: ped-aw-yaw'
Origin: or Pdayahuw {ped-aw-yaw'-hoo}
: and πnext to them
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
was Hanan
Chanan (Hebrew #2605)
favor; Chanan, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Canan.
Pronounce: khaw-nawn'
Origin: from 2603
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 Zaccur
Zakkuwr (Hebrew #2139)
mindful; Zakkur, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Zaccur, Zacchur.
Pronounce: zaw-koor'
Origin: from 2142
, 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 Mattaniah
Mattanyah (Hebrew #4983)
from 4976 and 3050; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
KJV usage: Mattaniah.
Pronounce: mat-tan-yaw'
Origin: or Mattanyahuw {mat-tan-yaw'-hoo}
: for they were counted
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
faithful
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
d, and ρtheir office was to distribute
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto 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
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I made.
Shelemiah.
Pedaiah.
next to them.
Heb. at their hand.
Zaccur.
Mattaniah.
counted.
Neh. 7:2• 2Mandé á mi hermano Hanani, y á Hananías, príncipe del palacio de Jerusalem, (Neh. 7:2)
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2 R. 12:15• 15Y no se tomaba en cuenta á los hombres en cuyas manos el dinero era entregado, para que ellos lo diesen á los que hacían la obra: porque lo hacían ellos fielmente. (2 R. 12:15)
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2 R. 22:7• 7Y que no se les cuente el dinero cuyo manejo se les confiare, porque ellos proceden con fidelidad. (2 R. 22:7)
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Lc. 12:42• 42Y dijo el Señor: ¿Quién es el mayordomo fiel y prudente, al cual el señor pondrá sobre su familia, para que á tiempo les dé su ración? (Lc. 12:42)
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Lc. 16:10‑12• 10El que es fiel en lo muy poco, también en lo más es fiel: y el que en lo muy poco es injusto, también en lo más es injusto.
11Pues si en las malas riquezas no fuísteis fieles. ¿quién os confiará lo verdadero?
12Y si en lo ajeno no fuisteis fieles, ¿quién os dará lo que es vuestro?
(Lc. 16:10‑12)
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Hch. 6:3• 3Buscad pues, hermanos, siete varones de vosotros de buen testimonio, llenos de Espíritu Santo y de sabiduría, los cuales pongamos en esta obra. (Hch. 6:3)
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1 Co. 4:2• 2Mas ahora se requiere en los dispensadores, que cada uno sea hallado fiel. (1 Co. 4:2)
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1 Ti. 1:12• 12Y doy gracias al que me fortificó, á Cristo Jesús nuestro Señor, de que me tuvo por fiel, poniéndome en el ministerio: (1 Ti. 1:12)
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1 Ti. 3:10• 10Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren sin crimen. (1 Ti. 3:10)
their office.
Heb. it was upon them.
to distribute.
 As in Elijah’s day, there appears to have been a silent, faithful remnant, the 7000 that had not bowed the knee to Baal (1 Kings 19:18). These are those who feared the Lord and spoke often one to another (Mal. 3:16). They are the Simeons and Annas of a latter day (Luke 2:25,36). (Eliashib and Tobiah - Neh. 13:4-14 by N. Simon)
 Fidelity was the thing needed, as the office was one of trust, requiring faithfulness toward God and also toward their brethren: and hence he sought only such as possessed the necessary qualification. The very composition, moreover, of the treasurers—a priest, a scribe, a Levite, and another—shows how careful he also was in "providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men." 2 Cor. 8:21. (Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 13 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.