Diligently
אׇסְפַּרְנָאStrong’s H0629osparna (os-par-na)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Osparna is the Aramaic word usually translated “diligently”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.”
Meaning
- Thoroughly
- (CLBL) eagerly, diligently
How it's translated
- diligently 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 7
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
- Ezra 6:12And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
- Ezra 6:13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
- Ezra 7:17That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 7:21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
- Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Aramaic dictionary
אׇסְפַּרְנָא osparna · diligently
1) thoroughly 2) (CLBL) eagerly, diligently
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “diligently” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DILIGENTLY, adverb
With steady application and care; with industry or assiduity; not carelessly; not negligently.
- “Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 6:17
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.