Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 13:11 - Contended
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Then contended | H7378 | רִיב |
[Verb] properly to {toss} that {is} grapple; mostly figuratively to {wrangle} that {is} hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend |
I with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
the rulers | H5461 | סָגָן |
[Noun Masculine] a proefect of a province |
and said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Why | H4069 | מַדּוּעַ |
[Adverb] what (is) known ?; that {is} (by {implication}) (adverbially) why? |
is the house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
of God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] 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 superlative |
forsaken | H5800 | עָזַב |
[Verb] to {loosen} that {is} relinquish: {permit} etc. |
And I gathered them together | H6908 | קָבַץ |
[Verb] to {grasp} that {is} collect |
and set | H5975 | עָמַד |
[Verb] to {stand} in various relations (literally and {figuratively} intransitively and transitively) |
them in | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
their place | H5977 | עֹמֶד |
[Noun Masculine] a spot (as being fixed) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.