1 Chronicles 5:24
in 1 Chronicles 5These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
KJV
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon
on 1 Chronicles 5:23-24
Half the tribe of Manasseh held the ground from Bashan to Baal-hermon, and verse 24 names seven heads of their families. Gill reads the growth from Bashan as expansion within the territory Moses had assigned the half-tribe. The tribe's story in this book runs two verses before the unfaithfulness.
This site's exposition
These were the heads of
Numbers 32:39 to 42 tells how Machir, Jair and Nobah of Manasseh took Gilead and the towns of Bashan. These seven heads belong to a much later generation of that settlement. Their fathers are left unnamed.
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֖לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| רָאשֵׁ֣י | rashei | [were] [the] chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתָ֑ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְעֵ֡פֶר | veefer | and Epher | H6081 → | 4 times |
| וְיִשְׁעִ֡י | veyishi | and Ishi | H3469 → | 5 times |
| וֶאֱלִיאֵ֡ל | veeliel | and Eliel | H447 → | 10 times |
| וְ֠עַזְרִיאֵל | veazriel | and Azriel | H5837 → | |
| וְיִרְמְיָ֨ה | veyirmeyah | and Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| וְהוֹדַוְיָ֜ה | vehodavyah | and Hodaviah | H1938 → | 4 times |
| וְיַחְדִּיאֵ֗ל | veyachdiel | and Jahdiel | H3164 → | |
| אֲנָשִׁים֙ | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי | giborei | mighty of | H1368 → | 158 times |
| חַ֔יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| שֵׁמ֔וֹת | shemot | names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| רָאשִׁ֖ים | rashim | chiefs | H7218 → | 599 times |
| לְבֵ֥ית | leveit | of [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
וְאֵ֖לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
רָאשֵׁ֣י[were] [the] chiefs of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
אֲבוֹתָ֑םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
וְעֵ֡פֶרand Epher
veeferH6081 →4 times
וְיִשְׁעִ֡יand Ishi
veyishiH3469 →5 times
וֶאֱלִיאֵ֡לand Eliel
veelielH447 →10 times
וְ֠עַזְרִיאֵלand Azriel
veazrielH5837 →
וְיִרְמְיָ֨הand Jeremiah
veyirmeyahH3414 →147 times
וְהוֹדַוְיָ֜הand Hodaviah
vehodavyahH1938 →4 times
וְיַחְדִּיאֵ֗לand Jahdiel
veyachdielH3164 →
אֲנָשִׁים֙men
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵיmighty of
giboreiH1368 →158 times
חַ֔יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
אַנְשֵׁ֣יmen of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
שֵׁמ֔וֹתnames
shemotH8034 →864 times
רָאשִׁ֖יםchiefs
rashimH7218 →599 times
לְבֵ֥יתof [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 4:38These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
it leads to
- Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of…
- Genesis 6:4
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 32:39 to 42; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.