Ezra 4:8

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.

• רְח֣וּםRehum

  rechumH7348 →8 times

• בְּעֵל־lord of

  beel-H1169 →3 times

• טְעֵ֗םcommand

  teemH2942 →28 times

• וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙and Shimshai

  veshimshaiH8124 →4 times

• סָֽפְרָ֔אscribe the

  safera'H5613 →8 times

• כְּתַ֛בוּthey wrote

  ketavuH3790 →8 times

• אִגְּרָ֥הa letter

  ʾigerahH104 →3 times

• חֲדָ֖הone

  chadahH2298 →14 times

• עַל־concerning

  ʾal-H5922 →104 times

• יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑םJerusalem

  yerushelemH3390 →26 times

• לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאto Artaxerxes

  leartachshaste'H783 →15 times

• מַלְכָּ֖אking the

  malka'H4430 →180 times

• כְּנֵֽמָא׃as follows

  kenema'H3660 →5 times

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

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each 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

  2 Samuel 8:17

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 18:16

    Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:8

    Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

• Through

  Ezra 4:9

  From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

  it leads to

  • Ezra 6:6

    Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!

  • Ezra 5:6

    This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

  • 2 Kings 17:24

    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in…

  • 2 Kings 17:30–31

    The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

  • Esther 1:2

    In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

• Through

  2 Kings 18:18

  Then they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 19:2

    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz