Bible Verse Dictionary
Ezra 8:29 - Priests
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Watch | H8245 | שָׁקַד |
[Verb] to be {alert} that {is} sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill) |
ye and keep | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
them until | H5704 | עַד |
[Preposition] especially with a preposition); as far (or {long} or much) {as} whether of space (even unto) or time ({during } while: until) or degree (equally with) |
ye weigh | H8254 | שָׁקַל |
[Verb] to suspend or poise (especially in trade) |
them before | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); 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.) |
the chief | H8269 | שַׂר |
[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class) |
of 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 |
and chief | H8269 | שַׂר |
[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class) |
of the fathers | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
of Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
at Jerusalem | H3389 | יְרוּשָׁלַיִם |
[Proper Name Location] probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or {Jerushalem} the capital city of Palestine |
in the chambers | H3957 | לִשְׁכָּה |
[Noun Feminine] a room in a building (whether for {storage} {eating} or lodging) |
of the house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.