Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 8:13 - Law
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And on the second | H8145 | שֵׁנִי |
[Noun] properly {double} that {is} second; also adverbially again |
day | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
were gathered together | H622 | אָסַף |
[Verb] to gather for any purpose; hence to {receive} take {away} that {is} remove ({destroy} leave {behind} put {up} {restore} etc.) |
the chief | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
of the fathers | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
of all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
the priests | H3548 | כֹּהֵן |
[Noun Masculine] literally one {officiating} a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) |
and the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
Ezra | H5830 | עֶזְרָא |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Ezra} an Israelite |
the scribe | H5608 | סָפַר |
[Verb] properly to score with a mark as a tally or {record} that {is} (by implication) to {inscribe} and also to enumerate; intensively to {recount} that {is} celebrate |
even to understand | H7919 | שָׂכַל |
[Verb] to be (causeatively make or act) circumspect and hence intelligent |
the words | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
of the law | H8451 | תּוֹרָה |
[Noun Feminine] a precept or {statute} especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.