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Nehemiah 8

Neh. 8:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ezra
`Ezra' (Hebrew #5830)
Ezra, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ezra.
Pronounce: ez-raw'
Origin: a variation of 5833
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
stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
upon a θpulpit
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
of wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, which they had made
`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
for the purpose
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
; and beside
'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)
him stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
Mattithiah
Mattithyah (Hebrew #4993)
from 4991 and 3050; gift of Jah; Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Mattithiah.
Pronounce: mat-tith-yaw'
Origin: or Mattithyahuw {mat-tith-yaw'-hoo}
, and Shema
Shema` (Hebrew #8087)
Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
KJV usage: Shema.
Pronounce: sheh'-mah
Origin: for the same as 8088
, and Anaiah
`Anayah (Hebrew #6043)
Jah has answered; Anajah, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Anaiah.
Pronounce: an-aw-yaw'
Origin: from 6030
, and Urijah
'Uwriyah (Hebrew #223)
from 217 and 3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
KJV usage: Uriah, Urijah.
Pronounce: oo-ree-yaw'
Origin: or (prolonged) Uwriyahuw {oo-ree-yaw'-hoo}
, and Hilkiah
Chilqiyah (Hebrew #2518)
portion of Jah; {Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
KJV usage: Hillkiah.
Pronounce: khil-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Chilqiyahuw {khil-kee-yaw'-hoo}'from 2506 and 3050
, and Maaseiah
Ma`aseyah (Hebrew #4641)
from 4639 and 3050; work of Jah; Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
KJV usage: Maaseiah.
Pronounce: mah-as-ay-yaw'
Origin: or Maaseyahuw {mah-as-ay-yaw'-hoo}
, on his right hand
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
; and on his left hand
smo'wl (Hebrew #8040)
a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as 8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
KJV usage: left (hand, side).
Pronounce: sem-ole'
Origin: or smosl {sem-ole'}
, 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 Mishael
Miysha'el (Hebrew #4332)
who (is) what God (is)?; Mishael, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Mishael.
Pronounce: mee-shaw-ale'
Origin: from 4310 and 410 with the abbrev. insep. relatively (see 834) interposed
, and Malchiah
Malkiyah (Hebrew #4441)
from 4428 and 3050; king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah; Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
KJV usage: Malchiah, Malchijah.
Pronounce: mal-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Malkiyahuw (Jer. 38:6), {mal-kee-yaw'-hoo}
, and Hashum
Chashum (Hebrew #2828)
enriched; Chashum, the name of two or three Israelites
KJV usage: Hashum.
Pronounce: khaw-shoom'
Origin: from the same as 2831
, and Hashbadana
Chashbaddanah (Hebrew #2806)
considerate judge; Chasbaddanah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Hasbadana.
Pronounce: khash-bad-daw'-naw
Origin: from 2803 and 1777
, Zechariah
Zkaryah (Hebrew #2148)
from 2142 and 3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zachariah, Zechariah.
Pronounce: zek-ar-yaw'
Origin: or Zkaryahuw {zek-ar-yaw'-hoo}
, and Meshullam
Mshullam (Hebrew #4918)
allied; Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
KJV usage: Meshullam.
Pronounce: mesh-ool-lawm'
Origin: from 7999
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tower.

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And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.