KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Nehemiah 3:1–3
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Nehemiah 3:1
1THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
1¶ Then Eliashib the hie priest, rose vp with his brethren the Priests, and they built the sheepe-gate, they sanctified it, & set vp the doores of it, euen vnto the towre of Meah they sanctified it, vnto the towre of *Hananeel.
- Iere. 3.38.
Nehemiah 3:2
2And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
2And †next vnto him builded the men of Iericho: and next to them builded Zaccur the sonne of Imri.
- Hebr. at his hand.
Nehemiah 3:3
3But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
3But the fish-gate did the sonnes of Hassenaah build, who also laide the beames thereof, and set vp the doores thereof, the locks thereof, and the barres thereof.
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DEFINED WORDS
Nehemiah 3:1
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Persons who officiate in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; KJV contexts distinguish Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, chief priests, and persons made priests unto God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (headword: priest)
To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Nehemiah 3:2
Nearest or immediately succeeding in place, time, order, or turn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Nehemiah 3:3
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An aquatic animal; as a verb, to catch fish.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Large, long pieces of timber used as supports, bars, or weavers' beams; in the eye figure, conspicuous faults.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
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Open the full verse study38¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
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Open the full verse study2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
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Open the full verse study10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
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Open the full verse study28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
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Open the full verse study32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
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Open the full verse study9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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Open the full verse study30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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Open the full verse study20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
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Open the full verse study6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Open the full verse study1I WILL extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
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Open the full verse study5¶ And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
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Open the full verse study10¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
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Open the full verse study36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
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Open the full verse study34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
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Open the full verse study12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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Open the full verse study14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
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Open the full verse study39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
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Open the full verse study8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
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Open the full verse study10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
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Open the full verse study6Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
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