Ezra 10:18
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. | Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: | And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women: namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and it was found | וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ | vai-yi-ma-TZE' | H4672 | to findמָצָא (ma.tsa) 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in … |
| some of [the] sons of | מִבְּנֵ֣י | mi-be-NEI | H1121G | No entry |
| the priests | הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים | ha-ko-ha-NIM | H3548 | priestכֹּהֵן (ko.hen) 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest Aramaic equivalent: ka.hen (כָּהֵן "priest" H3549) |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a-SHER | H0834A | whichאֲשֶׁר (a.sher) A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when |
| they had married | הֹשִׁ֖יבוּ | ho-SHI-vu | H3427 | to dwellיָשַׁב (ya.shav) 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488) |
| women | נָשִׁ֣ים | na-SHIM | H0802G | womanאִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun) |
| foreign | נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת | na-khe-ri-YOT | H5237 | foreignנׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) 1) foreign, alien 1a) foreign 1b) foreigner (subst) 1c) foreign woman, harlot 1d) unknown, unfamiliar (fig.) |
| some of [the] sons of | מִבְּנֵ֨י | mi-be-NEI | H1121G | No entry |
| Jeshua | יֵשׁ֤וּעַ | ye-SHU-a' | H3442G | Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַ (ye.shu.a) A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.11; son of: Jozadak (H3136) § Jeshua = "he is saved" 1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan 2) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course 4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon 6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah … |
| [the] son of | בֶּן־ | ben- | H1121A | son: childבֵּן (ben) : child/son |
| Jozadak | יֽוֹצָדָק֙ | yo-tza-DAK | H3136G | Jozadakיוֹצָדָק (yo.tsa.daq) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18; father of: Jeshua (H3442) § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (in Aramaic writings) |
| and brothers his | וְאֶחָ֔יו | ve-'e-CHAV | H0251G | brother: male-siblingאָח (ach) : male-sibling 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance |
| Maaseiah | מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ | ma-'a-se-YAH | H4641L | Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ (ma.a.se.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18 § Maaseiah = "work of Jehovah" 1) a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 2) a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 4) a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) father of Azariah 6) one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people 7) a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people … |
| and Eliezer | וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֔זֶר | ve-'e-li-'E-zer | H0461N | Eliezerאֱלִיעֶ֫זֶר (e.li.e.zer) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18 § Eliezer = "God is help" 1) Abraham's Damascene servant 2) a son of Moses 3) a Benjamite 4) a priest who helped move the ark 5) a Reubenite 6) a prophet who spoke to Jehoshaphat 7) a Levite chief 8) son of Harim 9) priest with foreign wife |
| and Jarib | וְיָרִ֖יב | ve-ya-RIV | H3402H | Jaribיָרִיב (ya.riv) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18 § Jarib = "he contends" 1) a son of Simeon 2) one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra 3) son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away |
| and Gedaliah | וּגְדַלְיָֽה׃ | u-ge-dal-YAH | H1436A | Gedaliahגְּדַלְיָה (ge.dal.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18 § Gedaliah = "Jehovah is great" 1) son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah 3) a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.