Nehemiah 13:7
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
אֶלְיָשִׁיב
ʼElyâshîyb
Eljashib, the name of six Israelites
טוֹבִיָּה
Ṭôwbîyâh
Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לִשְׁכָּה
lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
חָצֵר
châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
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
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh
Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
Study H2900 →חָצֵר châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Study H2691 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
Study H3957 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded...
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to ...
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congrega...
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
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