Nehemiah 10:29

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

They

בָּקַע

bâqaʻ

H1234

to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

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to their

אָח

ʼâch

H251

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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their

אַדִּיר

ʼaddîyr

H117

wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful

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and

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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into a

אָרַר

ʼârar

H779

to execrate

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and into an

שְׁבוּעָה

shᵉbûwʻâh

H7621

properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath

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to

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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in

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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תּוֹרָה

tôwrâh

H8451

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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which was

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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by

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh

H4872

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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the

עֶבֶד

ʻebed

H5650

a servant

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of

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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and to

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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and do all the

מִצְוָה

mitsvâh

H4687

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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our

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and his

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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and his

חֹק

chôq

H2706

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

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Key Terms in This Verse

clave H1234

בָּקַע bâqaʻ

to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

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nobles H117

אַדִּיר ʼaddîyr

wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful

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observe H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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oath H7621

שְׁבוּעָה shᵉbûwʻâh

properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath

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curse H779

אָרַר ʼârar

to execrate

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entered H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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judgments H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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statutes H2706

חֹק chôq

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

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commandments H4687

מִצְוָה mitsvâh

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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walk H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 36:27 cross-reference

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Psalm 119:106 cross-reference

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

John 15:14 cross-reference

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

2 Kings 23:3 cross-reference

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, ...

2 Chronicles 34:31 cross-reference

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his ...

Romans 12:9 cross-reference

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Psalm 8:1 cross-reference

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Psalm 105:45 cross-reference

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

Acts 17:34 cross-reference

Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

John 1:17 cross-reference

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Acts 11:23 cross-reference

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Malachi 4:4 cross-reference

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

2 Chronicles 6:16 cross-reference

Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet ...

Deuteronomy 5:32 cross-reference

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 5:1 cross-reference

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

Acts 23:21 cross-reference

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an...

Isaiah 14:1 cross-reference

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Deuteronomy 33:4 cross-reference

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

2 Kings 10:31 cross-reference

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

Jeremiah 26:4 cross-reference

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

Psalm 8:9 cross-reference

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

John 7:19 cross-reference

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

Nehemiah 13:25 cross-reference

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their ...

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