Nehemiah 12:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 9:10 : 10 And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
Neh 11:10 : 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Neh 12:7-8
2 verses
86%
7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Neh 12:18-19
2 verses
84%
18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Neh 12:33-34
2 verses
83%
33and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Neh 12:21
83%
21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
1 Chr 9:10
83%
10And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
Neh 11:10
82%
10Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
Neh 12:10-13
4 verses
81%
10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
11and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' [houses]: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
1 Chr 3:18
80%
18and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Neh 12:1-5
5 verses
80%
1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Neh 10:12
79%
12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
1 Chr 4:36-37
2 verses
79%
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
Neh 10:20-21
2 verses
79%
20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
1 Chr 12:4-6
3 verses
78%
4and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,
5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,
Neh 12:16
77%
16of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
1 Chr 3:20
77%
20and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
Neh 10:7
77%
7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Neh 12:26
77%
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
Neh 10:2
77%
2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
1 Chr 24:7
77%
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chr 8:27
77%
27and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
1 Chr 3:22
76%
22And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
Ezra 10:32
76%
32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
Ezra 10:36-37
2 verses
76%
36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
Ezra 10:39
76%
39and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
1 Chr 9:12
76%
12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
Neh 11:5
76%
5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
1 Chr 12:12
76%
12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Neh 10:9
75%
9And the Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
Neh 10:5
75%
5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Ezra 10:23
75%
23And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
1 Chr 25:3
75%
3Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.
Ezra 10:41-42
2 verses
75%
41Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
Neh 12:42
75%
42and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Neh 10:25
75%
25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,