CHAPTER EXPLORER
Nehemiah 5
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19 verses in KJV · 193 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Nehemiah 5 (KJV)
5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.
5:3 [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Nehemiah
Approximate study chronology: c. 445 BC
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Original-language word-study starting points
H3808lonot · 9 occurrencesH9038hemthem · 7 occurrencesH251achbrother: male-sibling · 7 occurrencesH2088zehthis · 7 occurrencesH5971ampeople · 6 occurrencesH1697da.varword · 6 occurrencesH1571gamalso · 6 occurrencesH859at.tahyou(m.s.) · 5 occurrencesH7704sa.daySirion · 5 occurrencesH6346pe.chahgovernor · 4 occurrencesH587a.nach.nuwe · 4 occurrencesH430e.lo.himGod · 4 occurrencesH3754ke.remvineyard · 4 occurrencesH3701ke.sephsilver: money · 4 occurrences
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