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Nehemiah 8

Neh. 8:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Nehemiah
Nchemyah (Hebrew #5166)
consolation of Jah; Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Nehemiah.
Pronounce: nekh-em-yaw'
Origin: from 5162 and 3050
, which is the πTirshatha
Tirshatha' (Hebrew #8660)
the title of a Persian deputy or governor
KJV usage: Tirshatha.
Pronounce: teer-shaw-thaw'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, and Ezra
`Ezra' (Hebrew #5830)
Ezra, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ezra.
Pronounce: ez-raw'
Origin: a variation of 5833
the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
the scribe
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
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
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
that taught
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, Thisa day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
is holy
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; mourn
'abal (Hebrew #56)
to bewail
KJV usage: lament, mourn.
Pronounce: aw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
c not, nor weep
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
. For all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
wept
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, when they heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
d the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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or, governor.
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Lev. 23:24• 24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, in the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. (Lev. 23:24)
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Num. 29:1• 1{i}And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; a day of blowing the trumpets shall it be unto you.{/i} (Num. 29:1)
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Deut. 16:14• 14{i}And{/i} thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son and thy daughter{i}, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates{/i}. (Deut. 16:14)
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Eccl. 3:4• 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh;{HR}A time to mourn, and a time to dance; (Eccl. 3:4)
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Isa. 61:3• 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty be given them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)
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2 Chron. 34:19,21• 19{i}And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.{/i}
 21Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do after all that is written in this book. (2 Chron. 34:19,21)
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Rom. 7:9• 9But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died, (Rom. 7:9)

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Day,
Ezra,
God,
Law,
Levites,
Nehemiah,
Priest; Priesthood,
Scribes,
Tirshatha

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Nehemiah.
Neh. 7:65,70• 65{i}And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up the priest with Urim and Thummim.{/i}
 70{i}And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.{/i} (Neh. 7:65,70)
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Neh. 10:1• 1{i}And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah.{/i} (Neh. 10:1)
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Ezra 2:63• 63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. (Ezra 2:63)
Tirshatha.
or, governor.
Ezra.
Ezra 7:11• 11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, {i}a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel{/i}: (Ezra 7:11)
the Levites.
Neh. 8:7‑8• 7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, {i}and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading{/i}. (Neh. 8:7‑8)
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2 Chron. 15:3• 3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law. (2 Chron. 15:3)
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2 Chron. 30:22• 22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites {i}that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.{/i} (2 Chron. 30:22)
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2 Chron. 35:3• 3{i}And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, and who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;{/i} (2 Chron. 35:3)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
This day.
Neh. 8:2• 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. (Neh. 8:2)
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Lev. 23:24• 24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, in the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. (Lev. 23:24)
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Num. 29:1‑6• 1{i}And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; a day of blowing the trumpets shall it be unto you.{/i}
 2{i}And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet odour to Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish;{/i}
 3{i}and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,{/i}
 4{i}and one tenth part for each lamb of the seven lambs;{/i}
 5{i}and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you,{/i}
 6{i}—besides the monthly burnt-offering and its oblation, and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.{/i} (Num. 29:1‑6)
mourn not.
Deut. 12:7,12• 7{i}and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.{/i}
 12{i}And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.{/i} (Deut. 12:7,12)
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Deut. 16:11,14‑15• 11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant{i}, and the Levite that is in thy gates{/i}, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you {i}in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there{/i}.
 14{i}And{/i} thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son and thy daughter{i}, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates{/i}.
 15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose: because Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the increase of thine hands; therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. (Deut. 16:11,14‑15)
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Deut. 26:14• 14{i}I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I brought away thereof in uncleanness, nor given thereof for a dead person; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.{/i} (Deut. 26:14)
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Eccl. 3:4• 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh;{HR}A time to mourn, and a time to dance; (Eccl. 3:4)
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Isa. 61:3• 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty be given them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)
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Mal. 2:13• 13And this have ye done again, covering the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering anymore, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. (Mal. 2:13)
all the people.
2 Kings 22:11,19• 11And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes.
 19{i}Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.{/i} (2 Kings 22:11,19)
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2 Chron. 34:19,21• 19{i}And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.{/i}
 21Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do after all that is written in this book. (2 Chron. 34:19,21)
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Rom. 3:20• 20Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him, for by law [is] knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:20)
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Rom. 7:9• 9But I was alive apart from law once; but, the commandment having come, sin revived and I died, (Rom. 7:9)
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2 Cor. 7:9‑11• 9Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved but that ye were grieved unto repentance, for ye were grieved according to God that in nothing ye might suffer damage from us.
 10For grief according to God worketh repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the grief of the world worketh out death.
 11For, behold, this very thing that ye were grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought out in you, nay self-clearing, nay indignation, nay fear, nay longing desire, nay zeal, nay avenging! In everything did ye prove yourselves to be pure in the matter. (2 Cor. 7:9‑11)
• The feast of trumpets was indeed to be "a holy convocation"; and because of its typical significance, sorrow was unsuited to its character....(Psa. 81:1-4}. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)