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Nehemiah 13:29

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← Nehemiah 13:28	Nehemiah 13:29 (KJV)	Nehemiah 13:30 →
And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, [was] son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.	Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.	Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Remember^H2142 them, O my God^H430, because they have defiled^H1352 the priesthood^H3550, and the covenant^H1285 of the priesthood^H3550, and of the Levites^H3881.

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Original Hebrew

זָכְרָה לָהֶם אֱלֹהָי עַל גָּאֳלֵי הַכְּהֻנָּה וּבְרִית הַכְּהֻנָּה וְהַלְוִיִּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
זָכְרָ֥/ה	za.khe.Ra/h	H2142	HVqv2ms/Sh	remember/ !
לָ/הֶ֖ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
אֱלֹהָ֑/י	'e.lo.Ha/i	H430	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	O God/ my
עַ֚ל	'al	H5921	HR	on
גָּאֳלֵ֣י	go.'o.Lei	H1352	HNcmpc	(the) defilement(s) of
הַ/כְּהֻנָּ֔ה	ha./ke.hu.Nah	H3550	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ priesthood
וּ/בְרִ֥ית	u./ve.Rit	H1285	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (the) covenant of
הַ/כְּהֻנָּ֖ה	ha./ke.hu.Nah	H3550	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ priesthood
וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּֽם	ve./ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HC/Td/Ngmpa	and/ the/ Levites

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

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
• H1352 — גֹּאֶל (gôʼel, go'-el): from גָּאַל; profanation; defile.
• H2142 — זָכַר (zâkar, zaw-kar'): a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
• H3550 — כְּהֻנָּה (kᵉhunnâh, keh-hoon-naw'): from כָּהַן; priesthood; priesthood, priest's office.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.

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

• 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)

• because they have defiled — Leviticus 21:1-7
• Remember — Nehemiah 6:14, Psalms 59:5-13, 2 Timothy 4:14
• the covenant — Numbers 16:9-10, Numbers 25:12-13, 1 Samuel 2:30, Malachi 2:4-8, Malachi 2:10-12

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 8:1, Nehemiah 7:64, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:12, Romans 9:4

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: NEHEMIAH
• Nave’s: COVENANT, DIVORCE, MINISTER, Christian, PRIEST

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