Ezra 7:5
in Ezra 7the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
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the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
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The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
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This verse in Ezra 7
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
Now after these things
on Ezra 7:1-5
Now after these things marks a silence of roughly six decades between the temple's dedication in chapter 6 and Ezra's arrival under Artaxerxes, a gap the book does not narrate though the Esther story falls inside it. Ezra's pedigree runs unbroken to Aaron the chief priest, Wesley noting that several generations are omitted for brevity and may be supplied from 1 Chronicles 6. The line matters because Ezra 2:62 has already put priests without a recorded father's house out of the priesthood, so this scribe's credentials stand beyond question before he opens his mouth.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַ | ʾavishua' | Abishua | H50 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פִּֽינְחָס֙ | pinechas | Phinehas | H6372 → | 25 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶלְעָזָ֔ר | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֥ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | harosh | the chief | H7218 → | 599 times |
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַAbishua
ʾavishua'H50 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
פִּֽינְחָס֙Phinehas
pinechasH6372 →25 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֶלְעָזָ֔רEleazar
ʾelazarH499 →72 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹ֥ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הָרֹֽאשׁ׃the chief
haroshH7218 →599 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 6:25Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
it leads to
- Joshua 24:33
Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Joshua 24:33
Through
2 Chronicles 19:11Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
- Psalms 18:25–26
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
- Philippians 4:8–9
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- 2 Chronicles 19:8
Through
Leviticus 10:6Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…
it leads to
- Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Numbers 1:53
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
- Joshua 7:1
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
- Joshua 22:18
And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
- Numbers 16:22
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessEleazarAaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest on Mount Hor, founding the line that runs to Phinehas and Zadok.
- PersonWildernessPhinehasGrandson of Aaron whose zeal at Baal-Peor stayed the plague and secured "my covenant of peace… an everlasting priesthood."
This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
