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Then Eliashib
'Elyashiyb (el-yaw-sheeb')
God will restore; Eljashib, the name of six Israelites -- Eliashib.
the high
gadowl (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
rose up
quwm (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
with his brethren
'ach (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
the priests
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
and they builded
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
the sheep
tso'n (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
gate
sha`ar (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
they sanctified
qadash (kaw-dash')
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
it and set up
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
the doors
deleth (deh'-leth)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door -- door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
of it even unto the tower
migdal (mig-dawl')
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers -- castle, flower, tower.
of Meah
Me'ah (may-aw')
Meah, a tower in Jerusalem -- Meah.
they sanctified
qadash (kaw-dash')
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
it unto the tower
migdal (mig-dawl')
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers -- castle, flower, tower.
of Hananeel
Chanan'el (khan-an-ale')
God has favored; Chananel, probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named -- Hananeel. |
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