Nehemiah 8:6

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

עֶזְרָא

ʻEzrâʼ

H5830

Ezra, an Israelite

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בָרַךְ

bârak

H1288

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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the

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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And all the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6030

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...

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אָמֵן

ʼâmên

H543

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

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אָמֵן

ʼâmên

H543

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

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with

גֵּאוּת

gêʼûwth

H1348

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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up their

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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and they

שָׁחָה

shâchâh

H7812

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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their

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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and

שָׁחָה

shâchâh

H7812

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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with their

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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to the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

lifting H1348

גֵּאוּת gêʼûwth

{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}

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Ezra H5830

עֶזְרָא ʻEzrâʼ

Ezra, an Israelite

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worshipped H7812

שָׁחָה shâchâh

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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faces H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Amen H543

אָמֵן ʼâmên

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

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Amen H543

אָמֵן ʼâmên

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

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bowed H7812

שָׁחָה shâchâh

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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heads H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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blessed H1288

בָרַךְ bârak

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

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Cross References

1 Timothy 2:8 cross-reference

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Lamentations 3:41 cross-reference

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Exodus 4:31 cross-reference

And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

2 Chronicles 20:18 cross-reference

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

Revelation 7:11 cross-reference

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Psalm 134:2 cross-reference

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

Nehemiah 5:13 cross-reference

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,...

Genesis 24:26 cross-reference

And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.

Leviticus 9:24 cross-reference

And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

Exodus 12:27 cross-reference

That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowe...

1 Chronicles 29:20 cross-reference

And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

Matthew 26:39 cross-reference

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Ephesians 1:3 cross-reference

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

1 Peter 1:3 cross-reference

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Jeremiah 28:6 cross-reference

Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from ...

2 Chronicles 6:4 cross-reference

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

Psalm 63:4 cross-reference

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

1 Corinthians 14:16 cross-reference

Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

Matthew 6:13 cross-reference

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Psalm 41:13 cross-reference

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 28:2 cross-reference

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Psalm 141:2 cross-reference

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 29:30 cross-reference

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their ...

Genesis 14:22 cross-reference

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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