Nehemiah 12:25
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַתַּנְיָה
Mattanyâh
Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites
בַּקְבֻּקְיָה
Baqbuqyâh
Bakbukjah, an Israelite
עֹבַדְיָה
ʻÔbadyâh
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
מְשֻׁלָּם
Mᵉshullâm
Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
עַקּוּב
ʻAqqûwb
Akkub, the name of five Israelites
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
מִשְׁמָר
mishmâr
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
אָסֻף
ʼâçuph
collected (only in the plural), i.e. a collection of offerings)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָסֻף ʼâçuph
collected (only in the plural), i.e. a collection of offerings)
Study H624 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מִשְׁמָר mishmâr
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
Study H4929 →Cross References
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LOR...
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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