Nehemiah 8:13
¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chiefe of the fathers of all the people, the Priestes and the Leuites, vnto Ezra the Scribe, euen ‖to vnderstand the wordes of the Law.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, that they might instruct in the words of the Law.
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- Proverbs 12:1Rank 1 from verse 13
- Proverbs 2:1–6Rank 2 from verse 13
1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
1¶ My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my words, and hide my commaundements with thee;
2So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
3Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and †liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
4*If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:
5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6*For the LORD giueth wisedome: out of his mouth commeth knowledge, and vnderstanding.
- Proverbs 8:33–34Rank 3 from verse 13
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
33Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23Rank 4 from verse 13
- 2 Timothy 2:24–25Rank 5 from verse 13
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
24And the seruant of the Lord must not striue: but bee gentle vnto all men, apt to teach, ‖patient,
25In meekenesse instructing those that oppose themselues, if God peraduenture will giue them repentance to the acknowledging of the trueth.
- Acts 13:42Rank 6 from verse 13
- Luke 19:47–48Rank 8 from verse 13
47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
47And he taught daily in the Temple. But the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him,
48And could not finde what they might doe: for all the people were ‖very attentiue to heare him.
- Luke 24:32Rank 9 from verse 13
- Mark 6:33–34Rank 10 from verse 13
33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ranne afoote thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together vnto him.
34*And Iesus when he came out, saw much people, and was moued with compassion toward them, because they were as sheepe not hauing a shepherd: and hee beganne to teach them many things.
- Nehemiah 8:7–8Rank 11 from verse 13
7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
7Also Ieshua and Bani, and Sherebiah, Iamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Leuites, caused the people to vnderstand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8So they read in the booke, in the Law of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
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Nehemiah 8:13
1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Next after the first in order, rank, time, or succession.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.
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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.
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A writer or clerk; among the Jews, one learned in and teaching the law.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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COMBINED MEANING
understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
12And all the people went their way to eate, and to drinke, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had vnderstood the wordes that were declared vnto them.
13¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
13¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chiefe of the fathers of all the people, the Priestes and the Leuites, vnto Ezra the Scribe, euen ‖to vnderstand the wordes of the Law.
Selected passage14And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
14And they found written in the Law whith the LORD had commanded †by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell *in boothes, in the feast of the seuenth moneth: