Nehemiah 12:18
in Nehemiah 12of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
KJV
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
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This verse in Nehemiah 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah
on Nehemiah 12:12-21
A second list of course heads follows, now serving "In the days of Joiakim," the second generation after the return. Several of these names recur among the sealers of the covenant in chapter 10. The priesthood renews itself by father's house, name matched to name and course to course.
This site's exposition
of Bilgah, Shammua
Shemaiah's house is headed by a Jonathan, the second man of that name in this list after the Jonathan of Malluchi's house at verse 14. Shammua heads Bilgah's house.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְבִלְגָּ֣ה | levilgah | of Bilgah | H1083 → | |
| שַׁמּ֔וּעַ | shamua' | Shammua | H8051 → | |
| לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה | lishma'yah | of Shemaiah | H8098 → | 41 times |
| יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ | yehonatan | Jonathan | H3083 → |
לְבִלְגָּ֣הof Bilgah
levilgahH1083 →
שַׁמּ֔וּעַShammua
shamua'H8051 →
לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖הof Shemaiah
lishma'yahH8098 →41 times
יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃Jonathan
yehonatanH3083 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Nehemiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.