Nehemiah 6:18
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.”
בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
חָתָן
was a son-in-law
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חָתָן
a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
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בַּעַל
were lords of
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בַּעַל
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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רַב
many people
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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לָקַח
he had taken
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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מְשֻׁלָּם
Meshullam
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מְשֻׁלָּם
Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
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שְׁבוּעָה
oath
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שְׁבוּעָה
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
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בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekiah
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בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
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