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Nehemiah 3:5

Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

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ASV

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.

KJV

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
יָדָ֖םya.Damhand theirH3027 →
הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּhe.che.Zi.kuthey repairedH2388 →
הַתְּקוֹעִ֑יםha.te.ko.'Imthe TekoitesH8621 →
וְאַדִּֽירֵיהֶם֙ve.'a.di.rei.Hemand nobles theirH117 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
הֵבִ֣יאוּhe.Vi.'uthey broughtH935 →
צַוָּרָ֔םtza.va.Ramneck theirH6677 →
בַּעֲבֹדַ֖תba.'a.vo.Datin [the] work ofH5656 →
אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃ ס'a.do.nei.Hemmaster<s> theirH113 →

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Nehemiah 3:27And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.2 Chronicles 11:6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,Nehemiah 6:17Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.Jeremiah 27:2This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.Jeremiah 5:4–5Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.Jeremiah 27:12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!Jeremiah 30:8–9On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.Acts 15:10Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Jeremiah 27:8As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.Amos 1:1These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.1 Timothy 6:17–18Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.Numbers 21:18The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

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