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Nehemiah 7

Neh. 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And my 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
put
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
d into mine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
to gather together
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
the nobles
chor (Hebrew #2715)
from 2787; properly, white or pure (from the cleansing or shining power of fire (compare 2751); hence (figuratively) noble (in rank)
KJV usage: noble.
Pronounce: khore
Origin: or (fully) chowr {khore}
, and the rulers
cagan (Hebrew #5461)
a prefect of a province
KJV usage: prince, ruler.
Pronounce: saw-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to superintend
, and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, that they might be reckoned by genealogy
yachas (Hebrew #3187)
to sprout; used only as denominative from 3188; to enroll by pedigree
KJV usage: (number after, number throughout the) genealogy (to be reckoned), be reckoned by genealogies.
Pronounce: yaw-khas'
Origin: a primitive root
. And I found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
a register
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
a of the genealogy
yachas (Hebrew #3188)
a pedigree or family list (as growing spontaneously)
KJV usage: genealogy.
Pronounce: yakh'-as
Origin: from 3187
of them which came 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
at the first
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
, and found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
therein,
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Esd. 7:27• 27Bendito Jehová, Dios de nuestros padres, que puso tal cosa en el corazón del rey, para honrar la casa de Jehová que está en Jerusalem. (Esd. 7:27)
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1 Cr. 9:1• 1Y contado todo Israel por el orden de los linajes, fueron escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá, que fueron trasportados á Babilonia por su rebelión. (1 Cr. 9:1)
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Genealogy,
God,
Heart,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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my God.
Neh. 5:19• 19Acuérdate de mí para bien, Dios mío, y de todo lo que hice á este pueblo. (Neh. 5:19)
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Neh. 6:14• 14Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías y de Sanballat, conforme á estas sus obras, y también de Noadías profetisa, y de los otros profetas que hacían por ponerme miedo. (Neh. 6:14)
put into mine.
Esd. 7:27• 27Bendito Jehová, Dios de nuestros padres, que puso tal cosa en el corazón del rey, para honrar la casa de Jehová que está en Jerusalem. (Esd. 7:27)
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1 Co. 15:10• 10Empero por la gracia de Dios soy lo que soy: y su gracia no ha sido en vano para conmigo; antes he trabajado más que todos ellos: pero no yo, sino la gracia de Dios que fué conmigo. (1 Co. 15:10)
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2 Co. 3:5• 5No que seamos suficientes de nosotros mismos para pensar algo como de nosotros mismos, sino que nuestra suficiencia es de Dios; (2 Co. 3:5)
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2 Co. 8:16• 16Empero gracias á Dios que dió la misma solicitud por vosotros en el corazón de Tito. (2 Co. 8:16)
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Fil. 2:12‑13• 12Por tanto, amados míos, como siempre habéis obedecido, no como en mi presencia solamente, sino mucho más ahora en mi ausencia, ocupaos en vuestra salvación con temor y temblor;
 13Porque Dios es el que en vosotros obra así el querer como el hacer, por su buena voluntad. (Fil. 2:12‑13)
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Col. 1:29• 29En lo cual aun trabajo, combatiendo según la operación de él, la cual obra en mí poderosamente. (Col. 1:29)
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Stg. 1:16• 16Amados hermanos míos, no erréis. (Stg. 1:16)
Whatever good motion is in our minds, whether prudent or pious, we must acknowledge it to come from God; for every good gift and every good work are from above; he gives knowledge, he gives grace.
What is commonly called human prudence, ought to be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence.
He who teaches the husbandman discretion, Isa 28:26, as certainly over-rules the deliberations of senators.that.
Neh. 7:64• 64Estos buscaron su registro de genealogías, y no se halló; y fueron echados del sacerdocio. (Neh. 7:64)
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1 Cr. 9:1‑9• 1Y contado todo Israel por el orden de los linajes, fueron escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá, que fueron trasportados á Babilonia por su rebelión.
 2Los primeros moradores que entraron en sus posesiones en sus ciudades, fueron así de Israel, como de los sacerdotes, Levitas, y Nethineos.
 3Y habitaron en Jerusalem de los hijos de Judá, de los hijos de Benjamín, de los hijos de Ephraim y Manasés:
 4Urai hijo de Amiud, hijo de Omri, hijo de Imrai, hijo de Bani, de los hijos de Phares hijo de Judá.
 5Y de Siloni, Asaías el primogénito, y sus hijos.
 6Y de los hijos de Zara, Jehuel y sus hermanos, seiscientos noventa.
 7Y de los hijos de Benjamín: Sallu hijo de Mesullam, hijo de Odavía, hijo de Asenua;
 8E Ibnías hijo de Jeroham, y Ela hijo de Uzzi, hijo de Michri; y Mesullam hijo de Sephatías, hijo de Rehuel, hijo de Ibnías.
 9Y sus hermanos por sus linajes fueron nuevecientos cincuenta y seis. Todos estos hombres fueron cabezas de familia en las casas de sus padres. (1 Cr. 9:1‑9)
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Esd. 2:62• 62Estos buscaron su registro de genealogías, y no fué hallado; y fueron echados del sacerdocio. (Esd. 2:62)
• “My God put into mine heart … ” (Neh. 7:5). Many a problem would be avoided if our communion with God was similarly close. (“Registered by Genealogy - Neh. 7:5-73” by N. Simon)
• For Israel, born after the flesh, establishing one’s genealogy was vitally important — it determined the inheritance of each person. For the priests and Levites, it was essential for their qualification to serve in the temple. (“Registered by Genealogy - Neh. 7:5-73” by N. Simon)
• With the constant commerce going on between them and the enemy, and the alliances they had formed in forgetfulness that the Lord had chosen them out of all the peoples on the earth as His peculiar people, there would doubtless be many who could not show their genealogy, and hence had no claim to be numbered with Israel. Now that the wall was built, and the truth therefore of separation proclaimed, such a mixture within could no longer be tolerated. Those who occupied this holy ground and claimed the blessed privileges of God's house, must have an indefeasible title, and this is the meaning of this next step of Nehemiah. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulersa, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical registerb of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

JND Translation Notes

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See Ezra 9.2.
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See Ezra 2.