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Meah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1732

דָּוִד

da.vid — David

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.17; son of: Jesse (H3448) and Nahash (H5176I); brother of: Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684) and Elihu (H0453J); married to Michal (H4324), Abigail (H0026), Ahinoam (H0293H), Maacah (H4601I), Haggith (H2294), Abital (H0037), Eglah (H5698) and Bathsheba (H1339); father of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N) Also named: Daueid, Dauid, Dabid (Δαυείδ, Δαυίδ, Δαβίδ "David" G1138) § David = "beloved" youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3448

יִשַׁי

yi.shay — Jesse

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.17; son of: Obed (H5744); father of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J) Also named: Iessai (Ἰεσσαί "Jesse" G2421) § Jesse = "I possess" son of Boaz and the father of king David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6870

צְרוּיָה

tse.ru.yah — Zeruiah

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.26.6; daughter of: Jesse (H3448) and Nahash (H5176I); sister of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J), Shimeah (H8093) § Zeruiah = "balsam" sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David's army-Abishai, Joab, and Asahel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3122

יוֹנָדָב

yo.na.dav — Jonadab

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.13.3; son of: Shimeah (H8093); also called Jonathan at 2Sa.21.21; 1x27.32; § Jonadab or Jehonadab = "Jehovah is willing" 1) a son of Rechab, chief of the Rechabites, in the time of Jehu and Ahab 2) a nephew of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8092

שִׁמְעָא

shim.ah, shim.a — Shimea

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.30; son of: Uzzah (H5798B); father of: Haggiah (H2293) § Shimea = "fame" 1) son of David by Bathsheba 2) brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse 2a) also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah' 3) a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph 4) a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4732

מִקְלוֹת

miq.lot — Mikloth

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.32; son of: Abiel (H0022) and Maacah (H4601N); brother of: Kish (H7027), Ner (H5369), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I) and Zecher (H2144); father of: Shimeah (H8039) § Mikloth = "staves" 1) one of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon by his wife Maachah; a Benjamite 2) leader of the 2nd division of David's army

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8093

שִׁמְעָה

shim.ah — Shimeah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.16.9; son of: Jesse (H3448); brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J); father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7; § Shimeah = "fame" 1) brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse 1a) also 'Shammah', and 'Shimma'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3968

מֵאָה

me.ah — (Tower of) the Hundred

Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026H) § Meah = "hundred" a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H684

אֹ֫צֶם

o.tsem — Ozem

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.15; son of: Jesse (H3448); brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J) § Ozem = "I shall hasten them" 1) older brother of David 2) a descendant of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7288

רַדַּי

rad.day — Raddai

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.14; son of: Jesse (H3448); brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J) § Raddai = "trampling" the 5th son of Jesse and brother of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8039

שִׁמְאָה

shim.ah — Shimeah

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.32; son of: Mikloth (H4732); also called Shimeam at 1Ch.9.38; Also named: shim.am (שִׁמְאָם "Shimeam" H8043) § Shimeah = "report" 1) a Benjamite, son of Mikloth 1a) also 'Shimeam'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8043

שִׁמְאָם

shim.am — Shimeam

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.32; son of: Mikloth (H4732); also called Shimeam at 1Ch.9.38; Another name of shim.ah (שִׁמְאָה "Shimeah" H8039) § Shimeam = "their fame" 1) a Benjamite, son of Mikloth 1a) also 'Shimeah'

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Historical dictionary entry

An hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Neh. 3:1) in the time of Nehemiah.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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