NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And Ezra`Ezra' (ez-raw') Ezra, an Israelite -- Ezra. the 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. brought bow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) the law towrah (to-raw') a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law. before paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) the congregation qahal (kaw-hawl') assemblage (usually concretely) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude. both of men 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) and women 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman and all that could hear shama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) with understanding biyn (bene) to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand upon the first 'echad (ekh-awd') united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), of the seventh shbiy`iy (sheb-ee-ee') seventh -- seventh (time). month chodesh (kho'-desh) the new moon; by implication, a month -- month(-ly), new moon. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. King James Bible And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. Holman Christian Standard Bible On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding. International Standard Version So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Law before the assembled people. Both men and women were in attendance, as well as all who could understand what they were hearing. NET Bible So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.) GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Ezra the priest brought the Teachings in front of the assembly. This included men, women, and any [children] who could understand what they heard. This took place on the first day of the seventh month. King James 2000 Bible And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. Links Nehemiah 8:2Nehemiah 8:2 NIV Nehemiah 8:2 NLT Nehemiah 8:2 ESV Nehemiah 8:2 NASB Nehemiah 8:2 KJV |