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Lexicon :: Strong's H5704 - ʿaḏ

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עַד
Transliteration
ʿaḏ
Pronunciation
ad
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Part of Speech
conjunction, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, the same as עַד (H5703) (used as prep, adv or conj)
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TWOT Reference: 1565c

Strong’s Definitions

עַד ʻad, ad; properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with):—against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x

The KJV translates Strong's H5704 in the following manner: by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 99x
The KJV translates Strong's H5704 in the following manner: by, as long, hitherto, when, how long, as yet.
preposition

  1. as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as

    1. of space

      1. as far as, up to, even to

    2. in combination

      1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' - from)

    3. of time

      1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end

    4. of degree

      1. even to, to the degree of, even like

        conjunction

  2. until, while, to the point that, so that even

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַד ʻad, ad; properly, the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with):—against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
STRONGS H5704: Abbreviations
III. עַד, in poetry עֲדֵי)†Numbers 24:20, 24; Psalm 104:23; Psalm 147:6; Job 7:4; Job 20:5, and in עֲדֵי עַד Isaiah 26:4; Isaiah 65:18; Psalm 83:18; Psalm 92:8; Psalm 132:12; Psalm 132:14:compare אֱלֵי, עֲלֵי), preposition as far as, even to, up to, until, while (Aramaic עד, bdb072310Sabean עד, עדי, MordtmZMG xxx (1876), 27; DHMxxxvii (1883), 414, Assyrian adi Dl§ 81 a (Arabic bdb072311 is except); perh akin to bdb072312pass on, advance to, Köii. 304, 309: עֲדֵי probably from ground-form ‘ădăy, Ol428, 431 Köii. 309 ff.; but LagSym. ii. 101-3, Mitth. i. 231 f., as plur. like אַחֲרֵי); — with suffix עָדַי Numbers 23:18 +, עָדֶיךָ Micah 4:8 +, etc., עָֽדיֵכֵם † Job 32:12; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם occurs; — as far as, even to (differing from אֶל in that the limit is included, as in Arabic bdb072401FlKl. Schr. i. 402 f.):
I. preposition
1. of space; —
a. Genesis 11:31 ויבאו עד חרן as far as Haran, Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:3, 12 + often, Isaiah 8:8 עד צואר יגעַ, Isaiah 15:4 עד יהץ נשׁמע קולם, Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5; Psalm 36:6 אמונתך עד שׁחקים, Psalm 69:2 דאו מים עד נפשׁ (compare Jonah 2:6; Micah 1:9; Jeremiah 4:10, 18), Psalm 90:3 תָּשֵׁד אֱנוֺשׁ עַד דַּכָּא Job 11:7, etc.; pregnantly Psalm 118:27 אִסְדוּ חָג עַד וגו׳ bind... (and lead) up to...; Isaiah 57:9 עַד מֵרָחוק even to afar (מִן 1c); with the goal a person, Exodus 22:8 עד האלהים יָבאֹ דְבַר שְׁנֵיהֶם, 1 Samuel 9:9; Psalm 65:3 עָדֶיךָ כָלבָּֿשָׂר יָבאֹוּ Isaiah 45:24; Job 4:5, שׁוּב עַד י׳ Hosea 14:2 others. (see שׁוּב, stronger than שׁוּב אֶליֿ׳); in poetry Numbers 24:20 וְאַחֲדִיתוֺ עֲדֵי אֹבֵד shall be even unto destruction, shall issue in destruction, Numbers 24:24; rarely with verbs of attending, הֶאֱזִין עַד † Numbers 23:18, הִתְבּוֺנֵן עַד Job 32:12; Job 38:18 (usually אֶל). Before another preposition, 1 Samuel 7:11 עַד מִתַּחַת ל׳ 1 Kings 4:12 עַד מֵעֵבֶר ל׳, עַד מֵעַל Ezekiel 41:20, עַד לִפְנֵי Esther 4:2, and even (si vera lectio) עַד אְלֵיהֶם 2 Kings 9:20:compare עַד נֶגֶד Nehemiah 3:16, 26, עַד נֹכַח Judges 19:10 +.
b. In the combination מִן ֗֗֗ (וְ)עַד, as Genesis 10:19 מצידון ֗֗֗ עַד עַזָּה from Sidon... as far as Gaza + often (see מן 5a); and idiomatic, not of actual space, but of class of objects, to express the idea of both... and, as Genesis 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקִן from young to old (inclusively) = both young and old (see מִן 5b); without מִן, even to = including, Leviticus 11:42; Numbers 8:4 even to (i.e. including) it base and its flower, compare 1 Samuel 18:4.
2. Of time:
a.
(a) even to, until Genesis 8:5 even to the 10th month, Exodus 12:6 unto the 14th day, etc., Exodus 12:15; Exodus 12:18, etc.; עד היום unto this day, Genesis 19:37, 38, עד היום הזה Genesis 26:33; Genesis 32:33, both + often; עד יום followed by infinitive Exodus 40:37; Joshua 6:10; Judges 18:30; עד בקר till morning, Exodus 12:10 + (15 times), עד הבקר Exodus 16:23 + (11 times); so עד (ה)ערב Exodus 18:13, 14 +, in poetry עֲרֵי ערב Psalm 104:23; עַד עוֺלָם Genesis 13:15 + often; פְּעָמִים שֶׁבַע עַד 2 Kings 4:35; עַד דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 13:20; see also בְּלִי, and בִּלְתִּי, near the end and followed by another preposition, Leviticus 23:16 עַד מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, Nehemiah 13:9 עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת. With the force of against, Judges 6:31 יוּמַת עַד הַבֹּקֶר; compare (b) end.
(b) followed by infinitive, both of past time, as Genesis 8:7; Genesis 32:35 עַד עֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר, Genesis 33:3; Genesis 34:5, and especially future time, as Genesis 3:19 עַד שׁוּבְךָ until thy returning, Genesis 19:22; Genesis 27:45; Deuteronomy 7:20, 23; Deuteronomy 20:20; Deuteronomy 22:2; Deuteronomy 28:20, 22, — both + often; compare עַד בּוֺשׁ Judges 3:25 +; עַד תֹּם ֗֗֗ Leviticus 25:29 + 10 times; עַד תֻּמָּם Deuteronomy 2:15 +; עַד כַּלֵּה 2 Kings 13:17, 19; Ezekiel 19:14; עַד כַּלּוֺתָ(םׅ 1 Samuel 15:18; Jeremiah 9:15 +; עַד אוֺר הַבֹּקֶר Judges 16:2 +; also in עַד הִשְׁמִדְךָ אֹתָם Deuteronomy 7:24 (compare Deuteronomy 28:48; Joshua 11:14; 1 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 10:17; 2 Kings 24:20 [|| Jeremiah 52:3 הִשְׁלִיכוֺ]; on the anomalous הִ׳, see Dr, read probably הַ׳); and most probably compare Köiii. 583) in עַד בִּלְתִּי הִשְׁאִיר לוֺ (לָהֶם) שָׂרִיד Deuteronomy 3:3 (see Dr), + 5 times (see above), read probably הַשְׁאִיר. With the force of towards the end of, against, especially in בֹּאָ(ם) עַד, Genesis 43:25; Exodus 22:25; Numbers 10:21 והקימו את המשׁכן עַד בֹּאָם used to set up the tabernacle against their coming, 2 Kings 16:11; Ezekiel 33:22; compare 2 Samuel 17:22. Elliptical Judges 16:2 עַד אוֺד הַבֹּקֶד וַהֲרַגְנוּהוּ (wait) till the morning dawn, and we slay him! (GFM; Dr§ 115).
(c) with various adverbs of time. (q. v.) as עַד אָנָה, עַדמָֿה, עַד מָתַי, עַד הֵנָּה, עַד כֹּה, עַד כֵּן, עַד עַתָּה, compare עַד כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים (see מָה 4b).
(d) to suffest also degree (compare 3), עַד אֵין מָקוֺם until there is no place Isaiah 5:8, מִסְפָּר אֵין עַד Psalm 40:13; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; compare Leviticus 26:18 וְאִםעַֿדאֵֿלֶּה and if even up to these things, even the end of all these punishment, you do not hearken to me.
b. During (rare; prop, as far as the limit indicated, including the time previous, compare ἔως: so often Aramaic עַד, bdb072402, while), 2 Kings 9:22 what is peace עַד זְנוּנֵי אִיזֶבֶל during, etc.,? Job 20:5 עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע during a moment; followed by infinitive Judges 3:26 עַד הִתְמַהְמְהָם during their delaying, Exodus 33:22; Job 7:19 עַד בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי Jonah 4:2.
3. Of degree, to suggest a higher or the highest; as עַד מְאֹד even to muchness, i.e. exceedingly (see מְאֹד), עַד מְהֵרָה even to haste Psalm 147:15; Esther 5:6 וּמַהבֻּֿקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַדחֲֿצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָשׂ, Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2. See also עַד לְ, below. With a negative, to express not even as much as, Deuteronomy 2:5 לא אתן לכם מארצם עַד מִדְרַךְ כַּף רָ֑גֶל, and with אֶחָד, † Exodus 9:7 לֹא מֵת ֗֗֗ עַדאֶֿחָד, simil. Exodus 14:28; Judges 4:16; 2 Samuel 17:22 (read אֶחָד for ׃אַחַד see Dr). Sts. almost = Latin adeo, 1 Samuel 2:5 (si vera lectio) עַד עֲקָרָה ילדה שׁבעה even to the barren, she hath borne seven, i.e. even the barren hath, etc., Job 25:5 הן עדיָֿרֵחַ ולא יאהיל, Haggai 2:19. In comparisons, to the degree of, even like (rare), Nahum 1:10 עַד סִירִים סְבֻכִים (text dubious) entangled even like thorns, 1 Chronicles 4:27 לא הִרְבּוּ עד בני יהודה did not multiply to the degree of (i.e.like), etc. compare. 2 Samuel 23:19 עַד הַשְּׁלשָׁה לֹא בָא did not attain (in prowess) unto the three.
II. conjunction
1. until; —
a. עַד אֲשֶׁר until that:
(a) with perfect, of past time, Exodus 32:20 ויטחן עד אשׁר דָּק (Deuteronomy 9:21), Deuteronomy 2:14 עד אשׁר עָבַרְנוּ, Joshua 3:17; Joshua 8:26; Judges 4:24; 1 Kings 10:7 (2 Chronicles 9:6), 2 Kings 17:20, 23; 2 Kings 21:16; with suggestion of degree, 1 Samuel 30:4 (followed byאֵין), 1 Kings 17:17; rarely of future time (the 'future perfect,' Dr§ 17), 2 Samuel 17:13 (of degree), Ezekiel 34:21 So שֶׁ־ עַד (often in Late Hebrew; see שֶׁ) † Judges 5:7; Songs 3:4 (twice in verse); עַד כִּי † Genesis 26:13 עַד כִּיגָֿדַל מְאֹד, Genesis 41:49; 2 Samuel 23:10; 2 Chronicles 26:15; and (of future time) עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם † Genesis 28:15; Numbers 32:17; Isaiah 6:11.
(b) with imperfect, usually of future time, Genesis 27:44 עַד אֲשֶׁר תָּשׁוּב חֲמַר אָחִיךָ, Genesis 29:8; Exodus 23:30; Exodus 24:14; Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 11:20; Numbers 20:17; 1 Samuel 22:3; Hosea 5:15 +; rarely of past time, Jonah 4:5 עד אשׁר יראה till he should see, Ecclesiastes 2:3. So (of the future) שֶׁ־ עַד Songs 2:7, 17; Songs 3:5; Songs 4:6; Songs 8:4; Psalm 123:2; and עַד כִּי † Genesis 49:10 עַד כִּייָֿבאֹ שִׁילֹה.
b. עַד alone, until:
(a) with perfect, of past time, Joshua 2:22; Joshua 4:23 עַדעָֿבַרְנוּ, 1 Samuel 20:41 עַד דָּוִד הִגְדִּיל, 2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 11:16; Ezekiel 28:15; of the future (rare), 2 Kings 7:3 עַד מָ֑תְנוּ, Ezekiel 39:15; Daniel 11:36 עַד כָּלָה זָ֑עַם. So עַד סִם (of the future), † Genesis 24:19, 33; Isaiah 30:17; Ruth 2:21.
(b) with imperfect, of future time, 1 Samuel 1:22 (elliptic: compare Judges 16:2, I 2a (b) end), Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 62:1, 7; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 71:18; Job 27:5 +; of the past (rare), Exodus 15:16 עד יעבור עמך, Exodus 15:16; Joshua 10:13 (poetry) עַד יִקֹּם גּוֺי אוֺיְבָיו, Psalm 73:17. — N.B. In poetry, עַד is sometimes used to mark not an absolute close, but an epoch or turning-point, in the future, as Psalm 110:1 (see De) עַד אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ, Hosea 10:12; Job 14:6 (but see 3); after a negative clause, Genesis 49:10; Numbers 23:24; Isaiah 42:4; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 112:8; Job 8:21 (but read probably with Ew Hi Di Du others עֹד he will yet, etc., understanding Job 8:20 as present, not future).
2. While (rare: compare I 2 b): —
a. with perfect, 1 Samuel 14:19 עד דִּבֶּר שׁאול while Saul spake.
b. with imperfect, Psalm 141:10 יַחד אָנֹכִי עַד אֶעֱבֹר while I at the same time pass by.
c. with participle, Job 1:18 עַד זֶה מְדַבֵּר (but read probably עֹד, as Job 1:16; Job 1:17), Nehemiah 7:3.
d. שֶׁ־ עַד (without verb) † Songs 1:12. So עַד לֹא while not = ere yet (of past time) † Proverbs 8:26 עד לא עשׂה אדץ (so עַד לָא, bdb072501bdb072502, often, e.g. Genesis 24:15 Targum, Matthew 1:18); and עד אשׁר לא (of the future) † Ecclesiastes 12:1, 2, 6 (compare Talmud עַד דְּלָא, Mishna שֶׁלּאֹ עַד).
3. Of degree, to the point that, so that even (rare), Isaiah 47:7 Thou saidst, I shall be for ever a lady, עַד לֹא שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל לִבֵךְ to the point that (going so far in thy pride that) thou didst not, etc. (but Hi Che Du al. join גְּבֶרֶת עַד I shall be for ever, a lady perpetually; see I. עַד); Job 14:6 (Di De Bu Du) to the point that he may enjoy, etc., Isaiah 22:14 (Du). In Joshua 17:14 אֲשֶׁר עַד י׳ בְּֽרְכַנִי כֹּה עַד, read עַל אֲשֶׁר because that (Ges Buhl; compare Di).
† III. עַד לְ, a strengthened form for עַד, found chiefly in Chronicles, Ezra, and occurring in most of the above senses. Thus
1. of space: לְבוֺא חֲמָת עַד Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5, מִדְבָּ֫רָה עד ל׳ 1 Chronicles 5:9, מצרים עד ל׳ 2 Chronicles 16:8; עַד לְמִזְרַהּ הַגָּ֑יְא 1 Chronicles 4:39, עַד לַמְצָד 1 Chronicles 12:17; עַד לִגְרָר 2 Chronicles 14:12; עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם 2 Chronicles 28:9; Ezra 9:6.
2. Of time: עד לעולם 1 Chronicles 23:25; 1 Chronicles 28:7; לְמֵרָחוֺק עַד 2 Chronicles 26:15; Ezra 3:13; Ezra 9:4 עד למנחת הערב; עַד לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה Ezra 10:14 probably during (KeilGes Be with regard to, strengthened for לְ); followed by infinitive עַד לַעֲלוֺת הַמִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29; עַד לִכְלוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 29:28; עַד לְכַלֵּה 2 Chronicles 24:10; 31:1; עד להשׁחית 2 Chronicles 26:16; עַד לָמוּת 2 Chronicles 32:24 (|| 2 Kings 20:1 לָמוּת alone); Ezra 10:14 עד להשׁיב.
3. Of degree: עַד לְמַחֲנֶה גָדוֺל even unto (till there was) a great camp, 1 Chronicles 12:23; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה = exceedingly 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8; עַד לִמְאֹד 2 Chronicles 16:14; עַד לְשִׂמְחָה 2 Chronicles 29:30 עַד לָרֹב 2 Chronicles 31:30; עַד לְאֵין מַרְפֵּא 2 Chronicles 36:16.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5705.
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Genesis

3:19; 8:5; 8:7; 10:19; 11:31; 12:6; 13:3; 13:12; 13:15; 19:4; 19:22; 19:37; 19:38; 24:15; 24:19; 24:33; 26:13; 26:33; 27:44; 27:45; 28:15; 29:8; 33:3; 34:5; 41:49; 43:25; 49:10; 49:10

Exodus

9:7; 12:6; 12:10; 12:15; 12:18; 14:28; 15:16; 15:16; 16:23; 18:13; 18:14; 22:8; 22:25; 23:30; 24:14; 32:20; 33:22; 40:37

Leviticus

11:42; 22:4; 23:16; 25:29; 26:18

Numbers

8:4; 10:21; 11:20; 20:17; 23:18; 23:18; 23:24; 24:20; 24:20; 24:24; 24:24; 32:17

Deuteronomy

2:5; 2:14; 2:15; 3:3; 7:20; 7:23; 7:24; 9:21; 20:20; 22:2; 28:20; 28:22; 28:48

Joshua

2:22; 3:17; 4:23; 6:10; 8:26; 10:13; 11:14; 13:5; 17:14

Judges

3:3; 3:25; 3:26; 4:16; 4:24; 5:7; 6:31; 16:2; 16:2; 16:2; 18:30; 19:10

Ruth

2:21

1 Samuel

1:22; 2:5; 7:11; 9:9; 14:19; 15:18; 18:4; 20:41; 22:3; 30:4

2 Samuel

17:13; 17:22; 17:22; 21:10; 23:10; 23:19

1 Kings

4:12; 10:7; 11:16; 15:29; 17:17; 18:29

2 Kings

3:25; 4:35; 7:3; 9:18; 9:20; 9:22; 10:17; 13:17; 13:19; 16:11; 17:20; 17:23; 20:1; 21:16; 24:20

1 Chronicles

4:27; 4:39; 5:9; 12:17; 12:23; 13:5; 23:25; 28:7; 28:20

2 Chronicles

9:6; 14:12; 16:8; 16:12; 16:14; 17:12; 24:10; 26:8; 26:15; 26:15; 26:16; 28:9; 29:28; 29:30; 31:1; 32:24; 36:16

Ezra

3:13; 9:4; 9:6; 10:14; 10:14

Nehemiah

3:16; 3:26; 7:3; 13:9

Esther

4:2; 5:3; 5:6; 7:2

Job

1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 4:5; 5:9; 7:4; 7:19; 8:20; 8:21; 9:10; 11:7; 14:6; 14:6; 20:5; 20:5; 25:5; 27:5; 32:12; 32:12; 38:18

Psalms

36:6; 40:13; 57:2; 65:3; 69:2; 71:18; 71:18; 73:17; 83:18; 90:3; 92:8; 104:23; 104:23; 110:1; 112:8; 118:27; 123:2; 132:12; 132:14; 141:10; 147:6; 147:15

Proverbs

8:26

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 12:1; 12:2; 12:6

Song of Songs

1:12; 2:7; 2:17; 3:4; 3:5; 4:6; 8:4

Isaiah

5:8; 6:11; 8:8; 13:20; 15:4; 22:14; 22:14; 25:12; 26:4; 26:5; 26:20; 30:17; 32:15; 42:4; 45:24; 47:7; 57:9; 62:1; 62:7; 65:18

Jeremiah

4:10; 4:18; 9:15; 52:3

Ezekiel

19:14; 28:15; 33:22; 34:21; 39:15; 41:20

Daniel

11:36

Hosea

5:15; 10:12; 14:2

Jonah

2:6; 4:2; 4:5

Micah

1:9; 4:8

Nahum

1:10

Haggai

2:19

Matthew

1:18

H5704

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Strong's Number H5704 matches the Hebrew עַד (ʿaḏ),
which occurs 40 times in 34 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16 - The city officials did not know I had been out there or what I was doing, for I had not yet said anything to anyone about my plans. I had not yet spoken to the Jewish leaders—the priests, the nobles, the officials, or anyone else in the administration.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet[fn] of wall to the Dung Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum[fn] son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam[fn] near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - Next to him was Baruch son of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz rebuilt another section of the wall extending from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - Next was Binnui son of Henadad, who rebuilt another section of the wall from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - with the Temple servants living on the hill of Ophel, who repaired the wall as far as a point across from the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Then came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another section across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the wall as far as the housing for the Temple servants and merchants, across from the Inspection Gate. Then he continued as far as the upper room at the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:6 - At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset. And half the men were always on guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes[fn]—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - I said to them, “Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day.[fn] And even while the gatekeepers are on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at sentry posts and some in front of their own homes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - So on October 8[fn] Ezra the priest brought the Book of the Law before the assembly, which included the men and women and all the children old enough to understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in these shelters during the festival, and they were all filled with great joy! The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the days of Joshua[fn] son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God on each of the seven days of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, as was required by law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 - Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, and Adullam with their surrounding villages. They also lived in Lachish with its nearby fields and Azekah with its surrounding villages. So the people of Judah were living all the way from Beersheba in the south to the valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:23 - A record of the heads of the Levite families was kept in The Book of History down to the days of Johanan, the grandson[fn] of Eliashib.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - At the Fountain Gate they went straight up the steps on the ascent of the city wall toward the City of David. They passed the house of David and then proceeded to the Water Gate on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir giving thanks went northward[fn] around the other way to meet them. I followed them, together with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - then past the Ephraim Gate to the Old City Gate,[fn] past the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and on to the Tower of the Hundred. Then we continued on to the Sheep Gate and stopped at the Guard Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening,[fn] not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
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