BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6273
ot.ni — Othni
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Rephael (H7501), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H), Elihu (H0453I) and Semachiah (H5565) § Othni = "lion of Jehovah" a Levite, son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8304
se.ra.yah — Seraiah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; father of: Elihoreph (H0456) and Ahijah (H0281); also called Shavsha at 1Ch.18.16; Sheva(Ketiv: Sheya) at 2Sa.20.25; Shisha at 1Ki.4.3; § Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler" 1) the scribe or secretary of David 2) son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem 3) son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon 4) a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab 5) a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu 6) a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 6a) maybe the same as 10 7) son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe 8) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 9) a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah 10) a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 10a) probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6 11) son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings 12) son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7073
qe.naz — Kenaz
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Kenaz = "hunter" 1) son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau; one of the dukes of Edom 2) a brother of Caleb and father of Othniel
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6274
ot.ni.el — Othniel
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.17; son of: Kenaz (H7073I); brother of: Seraiah (H8304J); married to Achsah (H5915); father of: Hathath (H2867) and Meonothai (H4587)(?) § Othniel = "lion of God" son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, and husband of Achsah the daughter of Caleb and his own niece; first judge of Israel, who after the death of Joshua, delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Chushanrishathaim
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5915
akh.sah — Achsah
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.15.16; daughter of: Caleb (H3612); sister of: Iru (H5900), Elah (H0425J) and Naam (H5277); married to Othniel (H6274) § Achsah = "ankle chain" or "anklet" the daughter of Caleb and wife of Caleb's brother Othniel to whom she was given as a reward for capturing Debir
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3573
ku.shan rish.a.ta.yim — Cushan-rishathaim
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.8 § Chushan-rishathaim = "twice-wicked Cushan" a king of Mesopotamia defeated by the judge Othniel the son-in-law of Caleb
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4587
me.o.no.tay — Meonothai
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.14; son of: Othniel (H6274)(?) whose wife was Achsah (H5915); brother of: Hathath (H2867)(?); father of: Ophrah (H6084I) § Meonothai = "my habitations" a son of Othniel, the younger brother of Caleb
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2798
cha.ra.shim — (Ge)-harashim
Charashim or Harashim = "valley of craftsmen" a valley near Lydda, a few miles east of Joppa, founded by Joab of Othniel's family Combined with gay (גַּיְא "Ge" H1516K)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2867
cha.tat — Hathath
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.13; son of: Othniel (H6274) whose wife was Achsah (H5915); brother of: Meonothai (H4587)(?) § Hathath = "fearful" son of Othniel and grandson of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5565
se.makh.ya.hu — Semachiah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Othni (H6273), Rephael (H7501), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H) and Elihu (H0453I) § Semachiah = "Jehovah has sustained" a Korahite Levite, one of the sons of Shemaiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7501
re.pha.el — Rephael
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7; son of: Shemaiah (H8098I); brother of: Othni (H6273), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H), Elihu (H0453I) and Semachiah (H5565) § Rephael = "healed of God" son of Shemaiah and grandson of Obed-edom
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A lion of Jehovah, a son of Shemaiah, and one of the temple porters in the time of David (1 Chr. 26:7). He was a “mighty man of valour.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
