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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 48 times in 46 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:8 - The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:9 - The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:10 - The children of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - The children of Pahath-Moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:13 - The children of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14 - The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:15 - The children of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16 - The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 - The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18 - The children of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20 - The children of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22 - The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23 - The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:24 - The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:26 - The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27 - The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31 - The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35 - The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36 - The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38 - The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:39 - The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred and forty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44 - The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 - The doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60 - All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, three hundred and ninety-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobijah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing-men and singing-women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - And some of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 - and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - And their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13 - and his brethren, chief fathers, two hundred and forty-two; and Amassai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18 - all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.
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