Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 5:8 - Sold
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And I said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
unto them We | H587 | אֲנַחְנוּ |
we |
after our ability | H1767 | דַּי |
[Preposition] enough (as noun or {adverb}) used chiefly with preposition in phrases |
have redeemed | H7069 | קָנָה |
[Verb] to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own |
our brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
the Jews | H3064 | יְהוּדִי |
[Noun Masculine] a Jehudite (that {is} Judaite or {Jew}) or descendant of Jehudah (that {is} Judah) |
which were sold | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
unto the heathen | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
and will ye | H859 | אַתָּה |
thou and {thee} or (plural) ye and you |
even | H1571 | גַּם |
[Adverb] properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and |
sell | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
your brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
or shall they be sold | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
unto us Then held they their peace | H2790 | חָרַשׁ |
[Verb] to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) |
and found | H4672 | מָצָא |
[Verb] properly to come forth {to} that {is} appear or exist; transitively to {attain} that {is} find or acquire; figuratively to {occur} meet or be present |
nothing | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
to answer |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.