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Nehemiah 9:38


Nehemiah 9:37 Nehemiah 9:38 (KJV) Nehemiah 10:1
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.
And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
Now those that sealed [were], Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And because of all this we makeH3772 a sureH548 covenant, and writeH3789 it; and our princesH8269, LevitesH3881, and priestsH3548, sealH2856 unto it.


Original Hebrew
Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
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Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB)
Strong's References
  • H548 — אֲמָנָה (ʼămânâh, am-aw-naw'): feminine of אָמֵן; something fixed, i.e. a covenant. an allowance; certain portion, sure.
  • H2856 — חָתַם (châtham, khaw-tham'): a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal; make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
  • H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
  • H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
  • H3789 — כָּתַב (kâthab, kaw-thab'): a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
  • H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
  • 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.
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (8): Deuteronomy 29:10, Joshua 24:25, 2 Samuel 5:3, 2 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 11:17, Job 33:16, Isaiah 44:5, Jeremiah 34:8

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