Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 13:5 - Chamber
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And he had prepared | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
for him a great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
chamber | H3957 | לִשְׁכָּה |
[Noun Feminine] a room in a building (whether for {storage} {eating} or lodging) |
where | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
aforetime | 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.) |
they laid | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
the meat offerings | H4503 | מִנְחָה |
[Noun Feminine] a donation; euphemistically tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary) |
the frankincense | H3828 | לְבוֹנָה |
[Noun Feminine] frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke) |
and the vessels | H3627 | כְּלִי |
[Noun Masculine] something {prepared} that {is} any apparatus (as an {implement} {utensil} {dress} vessel or weapon) |
and the tithes | H4643 | מַעֲשֵׂר |
[Noun Masculine] a tenth; especially a tithe |
of the corn | H1715 | דָּגָן |
[Noun Masculine] properly {increase} that {is} grain |
the new wine | H8492 | תִּירוֹשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] must or fresh grape juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine |
and the oil | H3323 | יִצְהָר |
[Noun Masculine] oil (as producing light); figuratively anointing |
which was commanded | H4687 | מִצְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {command} whether human or divine (collectively the Law) |
to be given to the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
and the singers | H7891 | שִׁיר |
[Verb] a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing |
and the porters | H7778 | שׁוֹעֵר |
[Noun Masculine] a janitor |
and the offerings | H4503 | מִנְחָה |
[Noun Feminine] a donation; euphemistically tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary) |
of the priests | H3548 | כֹּהֵן |
[Noun Masculine] literally one {officiating} a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.