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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 
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Bible Verse Dictionary

Nehemiah 13:2 - Hired

Nehemiah 13:2 - Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Verse Strongs No. Hebrew
Because H3588 כִּי
they met H6923 קָדַם
not H3808 לֹא
the children H1121 בֵּן
of Israel H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵל
with bread H3899 לֶחֶם
and with water H4325 מַיִם
but hired H7936 שָׂכַר
Balaam H1109 בִּלְעָם
against H5921 עַל
them that he should curse H7043 קָלַל
them howbeit our God H430 אֱלֹהִים
turned H2015 הָפַךְ
the curse H7043 קָלַל
into a blessing H1293 בְּרָכָה

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.