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Jeremiah 52:25

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← Jeremiah 52:24	Jeremiah 52:25 (KJV)	Jeremiah 52:26 →
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:	He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.	So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He took^H3947 also out of the city^H5892 an^H259 eunuch^H5631, which had the charge^H6496 of the men^H582 of war^H4421; and seven^H7651 men^H582 of them that were near^H7200 the king's^H4428 person^H6440, which were found^H4672 in the city^H5892; and the principal^H8269 scribe^H5608 of the host^H6635, who mustered^H6633 the people^H5971 of the land^H776; and threescore^H8346 men^H376 of the people^H5971 of the land^H776, that were found^H4672 in the midst^H8432 of the city^H5892.

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Original Hebrew

וּמִן־הָעִיר לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד אֲ‍שֶׁר־הָיָה פָקִיד ׀ עַל־אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה וְשִׁבְעָה אֲנָשִׁים מֵרֹאֵי פְנֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ בָעִיר וְאֵת סֹפֵר שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַמַּצְבִּא אֶת־עַם הָאָרֶץ וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ הַנִּמְצְאִים בְּתֹוךְ הָעִיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/מִן	u./min-	H4480	HC/R	and/ from
הָ/עִ֡יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
לָקַח֩	la.Kach	H3947	HVqp3ms	he took
סָרִ֨יס	sa.Ris	H5631	HNcmsa	a court-official
אֶחָ֜ד	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one
אֲֽשֶׁר	'asher-	H834	HTr	who
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	he was
פָקִ֣יד	fa.Kid	H6496	HNcmsa	an officer
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
אַנְשֵׁ֣י	'an.Shei	H376	HNcmpc	(the) men of
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֗ה	ha./mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ war
וְ/שִׁבְעָ֨ה	ve./shiv.'Ah	H7651	HC/Acmsa	and/ seven
אֲנָשִׁ֜ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	men
מֵ/רֹאֵ֤י	me./ro.'Ei	H7200	HR/Vqrmpc	from/ (those who) saw
פְנֵי	fe.nei-	H6440	HNcbpc	(of) (the) face of
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
נִמְצְא֣וּ	nim.tze.'U	H4672	HVNp3cp	they were found
בָ/עִ֔יר	va./'Ir	H5892	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ city
וְ/אֵ֗ת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
סֹפֵר֙	so.Fer	H5608	HNcmsc	(the) scribe of
שַׂ֣ר	sar	H8269	HNcmsc	(the) commander of
הַ/צָּבָ֔א	ha./tza.Va'	H6635	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ army
הַ/מַּצְבִּ֖א	ha./matz.Bi'	H6633	HTd/Vhrmsa	who/ mustered
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עַ֣ם	'am	H5971	HNcmsc	(the) people of
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
וְ/שִׁשִּׁ֥ים	ve./shi.Shim	H8346	HC/Acbpa	and/ sixty
אִישׁ֙	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	person(s)
מֵ/עַ֣ם	me./'Am	H5971	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) people of
הָ/אָ֔רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
הַֽ/נִּמְצְאִ֖ים	ha./nim.tze.'Im	H4672	HTd/VNrmpa	who/ were found
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) midst of
הָ/עִֽיר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5608 — סָפַר (çâphar, saw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
• H5631 — סָרִיס (çârîyç, saw-reece'): or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state; chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare רַב־סָרִיס.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); 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.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6496 — פָּקִיד (pâqîyd, paw-keed'): from פָּקַד; a superintendent (civil, military or religious); which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.
• H6633 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants); assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.
• H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
• H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ; sixty; sixty, three score.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• an eunuch — 2 Kings 25:19
• were near the king's person — Esther 1:14, Matthew 18:10

Reciprocal references (4): Jeremiah 36:10, Lamentations 5:12, Ezekiel 19:1, Habakkuk 1:7

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: SCRIBES
• Nave’s: EUNUCH, MONTH, NEBUZARADAN (NEBUZAR-ADAN), SERAIAH, ZEDEKIAH, ZEPHANIAH

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