King James Version
Nehemiah 12:7 in the King James Version says “Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. Sallu: o...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. Sallu: or, Sallai”
Nehemiah 12:7 · KJV
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Miamin: or, Miniamin Maadiah: or, Moadiah
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. Sallu: or, Sallai
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. the thanksgiving: that is, the psalms of thanksgiving
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“These were the chief”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“of the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“and of their brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“in the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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