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Ezra 2:53

in Ezra 2

the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

KJV

The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,

This verse in Ezra 2

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This 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 words

Every 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.

  • בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of

    benei-H11214930 times

  • בַרְק֥וֹסBarkos

    varkosH1302

  • בְּֽנֵי־[the] descendants of

    benei-H11214930 times

  • סִֽיסְרָ֖אSisera

    sisra'H5516

  • בְּנֵי־[the] descendants of

    benei-H11214930 times

  • תָֽמַח׃Temah

    tamachH8547

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.