Ezra 2:50
in Ezra 2the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
KJV
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha
on Ezra 2:43-54
The Nethinims are temple servants first appointed under David and Solomon to assist the Levites, their name meaning the given ones, handed over to the sanctuary's lower labor. Thirty five family names run unbroken from verse 43 to 54, none of them numbered, the roll itself standing as their only record. Their place in this charter beside priest and Levite marks them full members of the restored community, whatever the rank of the work their fathers once did.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַסְנָ֥ה | ʾasnah | Asnah | H619 → | |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְעוּנִ֖ים | meinim | Meunim | H4586 → | |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נְפוּסִֽים׃ | nefisim | Nephussim | H5304 → |
בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
אַסְנָ֥הAsnah
ʾasnahH619 →
בְנֵי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
מְעוּנִ֖יםMeunim
meinimH4586 →
בְּנֵ֥י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
נְפוּסִֽים׃Nephussim
nefisimH5304 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezra
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.