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Nehemiah 4

Neh. 4:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now Tobiah
Towbiyah (Hebrew #2900)
from 2896 and 3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
KJV usage: Tobiah, Tobijah.
Pronounce: to-bee-yaw'
Origin: or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}
the Ammonite
`Ammowniy (Hebrew #5984)
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
KJV usage: Ammonite(-s).
Pronounce: am-mo-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 5983
was by him
'etsel (Hebrew #681)
a side; (as a preposition) near
KJV usage: at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also 1018.
Pronounce: ay'-tsel
Origin: from 680 (in the sense of joining)
, and he 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
, Eveni that which they 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
, if a fox
shuw`al (Hebrew #7776)
from the same as 8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
KJV usage: fox.
Pronounce: shoo-awl'
Origin: or shunal {shoo-awl'}
go up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, he shall even break down
parats (Hebrew #6555)
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
KJV usage: X abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
Pronounce: paw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
their stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
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2 R. 18:23• 23Por tanto, ahora yo te ruego que des rehenes á mi señor, el rey de Asiria, y yo te daré dos mil caballos, si tú pudieres dar jinetes para ellos. (2 R. 18:23)

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Fox,
Stones,
Tobiah,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Tobiah.
Neh. 2:10,19• 10Y oyéndolo Sanballat Horonita, y Tobías, el siervo Ammonita, disgustóles en extremo que viniese alguno para procurar el bien de los hijos de Israel.
 19Mas habiéndolo oído Samballat Horonita, y Tobías el siervo Ammonita, y Gesem el Arabe, escarnecieron de nosotros, y nos despreciaron, diciendo: ¿Qué es esto que hacéis vosotros? ¿os rebeláis contra el rey? (Neh. 2:10,19)
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Neh. 6:1• 1Y fué que habiendo oído Sanballat, y Tobías, y Gesem el Arabe, y los demás nuestros enemigos, que había yo edificado el muro, y que no quedaba en él portillo, (aunque hasta aquel tiempo no había puesto en las puertas las hojas,) (Neh. 6:1)
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1 R. 20:10,18• 10Y Ben-adad tornó á enviarle á decir: Así me hagan los dioses, y así me añadan, que el polvo de Samaria no bastará á los puños de todo el pueblo que me sigue.
 18El entonces dijo: Si han salido por paz, tomadlos vivos; y si han salido para pelear, tomadlos vivos. (1 R. 20:10,18)
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2 R. 18:23• 23Por tanto, ahora yo te ruego que des rehenes á mi señor, el rey de Asiria, y yo te daré dos mil caballos, si tú pudieres dar jinetes para ellos. (2 R. 18:23)
• Tobiah’s belittling of the project (Neh. 4:3) seems to belie a fear that the wall might actually be completed! Many today will mock the things that we hold dear; the inspired Word of God is called a fairy tale. Beneath the surface, however, their conscience is with us. (“Trouble - Neh. 4:1-5” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall.—