Nehemiah 7:5
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
אַדִּיר
ʼaddîyr
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
כָּתָב
kâthâb
something written, i.e. a writing, record or book
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
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