King James Version
Nehemiah 7:37 in the King James Version says “The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.”
Nehemiah 7:37 · KJV
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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