Nehemiah 12:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַתַּנְיָה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה עֹבַדְיָה מְשֻׁלָּם טַלְמוֹן עַקּוּב שֹׁמְרִים שׁוֹעֲרִים מִשְׁמָר בַּאֲסֻפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִים

Transliteration

Mattanyāh and Baqbuqyāh, ʿŌbadyāh, Məshullām, Ṭalmôn, ʿAqqûb shōmərîm shôʿărîm mishmār at the ʾăsuppê hashəʿārîm

Grammar Details

*Mattanyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Baqbuqyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʿŌbadyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Məshullām*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Ṭalmôn*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʿAqqûb*: proper noun, masculine singular
*shōmərîm*: verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - keeping/guarding
*shôʿărîm*: noun, masculine plural - gatekeepers
*mishmār*: noun, masculine singular - watch/guard duty
*ʾăsuppê*: noun, masculine plural construct - thresholds/storehouses of
*hashəʿārîm*: article + noun, masculine plural - the gates

Word Meanings

*shōmərîm*: keeping/guarding/watching
*shôʿărîm*: gatekeepers/doorkeepers
*mishmār*: watch/guard duty/service
*ʾăsuppê*: thresholds/storehouses/gatehouses

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 9:14-17 : 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
1 Chr 23:32 : 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
1 Chr 26:12 : 12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
1 Chr 26:15 : 15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
Neh 11:17-19 : 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
Neh 12:8-9 : 8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
Isa 21:8 : 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 9:17-19
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80%
17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
1 Chr 26:12
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12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
1 Chr 15:18
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18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
Neh 12:8-9
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78%
8Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
1 Chr 9:26
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26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
1 Chr 9:21-24
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21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Neh 7:45
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45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
Neh 11:19
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19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
Neh 12:24
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24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Neh 12:26
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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.
Ezra 2:42
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42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
1 Chr 15:23-24
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23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Neh 12:39
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39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
2 Chr 34:12-13
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12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
13Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
Ezra 10:24-25
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24Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
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Neh 3:6
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Neh 12:2
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2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
1 Chr 26:18-19
2 verses
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18At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
Neh 10:12
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12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Neh 12:45
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45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Neh 10:7
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7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Neh 10:4-5
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4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
1 Chr 9:15
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15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
Neh 11:16-17
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16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Neh 12:34
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34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Ezra 10:37
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37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
1 Chr 16:38
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38And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
2 Chr 23:4
72%
4This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
2 Chr 31:14
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14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
2 Chr 35:15
71%
15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Neh 12:16
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16Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Neh 10:24-25
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24Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
2 Kgs 25:18
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18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Neh 12:37
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37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Neh 11:12
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12And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
1 Chr 26:1
70%
1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
Neh 7:1
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1Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,