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Nehemiah 2

Neh. 2:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then answered
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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
I them, and said
'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
unto them, The 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
of heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, hel will prosper
tsalach (Hebrew #6743)
a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, - ously).
Pronounce: tsaw-lakh'
Origin: or tsaleach {tsaw-lay'-akh}
us; therefore we his servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
will arise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
and build
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
: but yem have no portion
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
, nor right
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, nor memorial
zikrown (Hebrew #2146)
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
KJV usage: memorial, record.
Pronounce: zik-rone'
Origin: from 2142
, in Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Sal. 102:13‑14• 13Tú levantándote, tendrás misericordia de Sión; Porque el tiempo de tener misericordia de ella, porque el plazo es llegado.
 14Porque tus siervos aman sus piedras, Y del polvo de ella tienen compasión. (Sal. 102:13‑14)
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Ec. 7:18• 18Bueno es que tomes esto, y también de estotro no apartes tu mano; porque el que á Dios teme, saldrá con todo. (Ec. 7:18)
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Esd. 4:3• 3Y dijóles Zorobabel, y Jesuá, y los demás cabezas de los padres de Israel: No nos conviene edificar con vosotros casa á nuestro Dios, sino que nosotros solos la edificaremos á Jehová Dios de Israel, como nos mandó el rey Ciro, rey de Persia. (Esd. 4:3)
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Is. 56:5• 5Yo les daré lugar en mi casa y dentro de mis muros, y nombre mejor que el de hijos é hijas; nombre perpetuo les daré que nunca perecerá. (Is. 56:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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The God.
Neh. 2:4• 4Y díjome el rey: ¿Qué cosa pides? Entonces oré al Dios de los cielos, (Neh. 2:4)
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2 Cr. 26:5• 5Y persistió en buscar á Dios en los días de Zachârías, entendido en visiones de Dios; y en estos días que él buscó á Jehová, él le prosperó. (2 Cr. 26:5)
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Sal. 20:5• 5Nosotros nos alegraremos por tu salud, Y alzaremos pendón en el nombre de nuestro Dios: Cumpla Jehová todas tus peticiones. (Sal. 20:5)
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Sal. 35:27• 27Canten y alégrense los que están á favor de mi justa causa, Y digan siempre: Sea ensalzado Jehová, Que ama la paz de su siervo. (Sal. 35:27)
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Sal. 102:13‑14• 13Tú levantándote, tendrás misericordia de Sión; Porque el tiempo de tener misericordia de ella, porque el plazo es llegado.
 14Porque tus siervos aman sus piedras, Y del polvo de ella tienen compasión. (Sal. 102:13‑14)
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Sal. 122:6• 6Pedid la paz de Jerusalem: Sean prosperados los que te aman. (Sal. 122:6)
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Ec. 7:18• 18Bueno es que tomes esto, y también de estotro no apartes tu mano; porque el que á Dios teme, saldrá con todo. (Ec. 7:18)
ye have no.
Esd. 4:3• 3Y dijóles Zorobabel, y Jesuá, y los demás cabezas de los padres de Israel: No nos conviene edificar con vosotros casa á nuestro Dios, sino que nosotros solos la edificaremos á Jehová Dios de Israel, como nos mandó el rey Ciro, rey de Persia. (Esd. 4:3)
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Hch. 8:21• 21No tienes tú parte ni suerte en este negocio; porque tu corazón no es recto delante de Dios. (Hch. 8:21)
memorial.
Éx. 28:29• 29Y llevará Aarón los nombres de los hijos de Israel en el racional del juicio sobre su corazón, cuando entrare en el santuario, para memoria delante de Jehová continuamente. (Éx. 28:29)
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Lv. 2:2• 2Y la traerá á los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón; y de ello tomará el sacerdote su puño lleno de su flor de harina y de su aceite, con todo su incienso, y lo hará arder sobre el altar: ofrenda encendida para recuerdo, de olor suave á Jehová. (Lv. 2:2)
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Lv. 24:7• 7Pondrás también sobre cada orden incienso limpio, y será para el pan por perfume, ofrenda encendida á Jehová. (Lv. 24:7)
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Nm. 10:10• 10Y en el día de vuestra alegría, y en vuestras solemnidades, y en los principios de vuestros meses, tocaréis las trompetas sobre vuestros holocaustos, y sobre los sacrificios de vuestras paces, y os serán por memoria delante de vuestro Dios: Yo Jehová vuestro Dios. (Nm. 10:10)
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Is. 56:5• 5Yo les daré lugar en mi casa y dentro de mis muros, y nombre mejor que el de hijos é hijas; nombre perpetuo les daré que nunca perecerá. (Is. 56:5)
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Zac. 6:14• 14Y Helem, y Tobías, y Jedaía, y Hen, hijo de Sefanías, tendrán coronas por memorial en el templo de Jehová. (Zac. 6:14)
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Hch. 10:4,31• 4Y él, puestos en él los ojos, espantado, dijo: ¿Qué es, Señor? Y díjole: Tus oraciones y tus limosnas han subido en memoria á la presencia de Dios.
 31Y dijo: Cornelio, tu oración es oída, y tus limosnas han venido en memoria en la presencia de Dios. (Hch. 10:4,31)
When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David's words, Ps 51:18, he did not sit still and say, "Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;" but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah.
Our prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else we mock God.
Nearly four months had passed, namely, from Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey, and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the king came, and there was no coming into his presence until called for, Es 4:11.
We are not thus limited to certain moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have liberty of access to him at all times; to the throne of grace we never come unseasonably.
• Nehemiah again proclaims his faith in the God of heaven, the One who moved the king to grant him this commission. (“Mocked - Neh. 2:19-20” by N. Simon)
• One thing that especially characterizes the book of Nehemiah is the separation of all things Jewish from that which is not. It is ever the effort of the enemy to weaken Christianity by diluting it with the things and principles of this world. (“Mocked - Neh. 2:19-20” by N. Simon)
• Nehemiah, strong in the sense of the protection of God, and knowing that he was in the path of obedience, was proof against all his artifices. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.