Nehemiah 11:16
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׁבְּתַי
Shabbᵉthay
Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites
יוֹזָבָד
Yôwzâbâd
Jozabad, the name of ten Israelites
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
פְּקֻדָּה
pᵉquddâh
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
חִיצוֹן
chîytsôwn
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
מְלָאכָה
mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
חִיצוֹן chîytsôwn
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
Study H2435 →מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Study H4399 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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 supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and...
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people st...
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