2 Chronicles 31:15
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרוֹב
qârôwb
near (in place, kindred or time)
מִנְיָמִין
Minyâmîyn
Minjamin, the name of two Israelites
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yêshûwaʻ
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
שְׁמַעְיָה
Shᵉmaʻyâh
Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
אֲמַרְיָה
ʼĂmaryâh
Amarjah, the name of nine Israelites
שְׁכַנְיָה
Shᵉkanyâh
Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
מְסִלָּה
mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
קָטָן
qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Key Terms in This Verse
מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Study H4546 →יֵשׁוּעַ Yêshûwaʻ
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
Study H3442 →קָטָן qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Study H6996 →Cross References
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