Nehemiah 7:6
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מְדִינָה
mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שְׁבוּת
shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Key Terms in This Verse
מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
Study H4082 →נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
Study H5020 →שְׁבוּת shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Study H7622 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Study H3063 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and...
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
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