Nehemiah 13:27
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
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...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →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 Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hop...
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
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