Nehemiah 10 · Verse 8

Nehemiah 10:8

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
Nehemiah 10:8, King James Version

Nehemiah 10:8 in other translations

BSBMaaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
WEBMaaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
ASVMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
YLTMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.
DARBYMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
BBEMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
WebsterMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

What does Nehemiah 10:8 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 10:1-31

Conversion is separating from the course and custom of this world, devoting ourselves to the conduct directed by the word of God. When we bind ourselves to do the commandments of God, it is to do all his commandments, and to look to him as the Lord, and our Lord.

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Nehemiah 10:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַֽעַזְיָ֥הma.'az.YahMaaziahH4590
בִלְגַּ֖יvil.GaiBilgaiH1084
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הshe.ma'.YahShemaiahH8098
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים\׃\ \סha.ko.ha.Nim[were] the priestsH3548

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 10:8

  • Nehemiah 3:29

    After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

  • Nehemiah 12:42

    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

  • Ezra 10:21

    And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

  • Nehemiah 12:18

    Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

  • Nehemiah 12:5-6

    Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bilgai.
12:5
Bilgah. Shemaiah.
3:29; 12:6,18,42; Ezr 10:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 10:7

    Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

  • Nehemiah 10:8

    Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

  • Nehemiah 10:9

    And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

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Nehemiah 10:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Maazías, Bilgai, Semeías: estos, sacerdotes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Meshullam, Abija, Mijamin,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Maasja, Bilgai, Schemaja; das waren die Priester. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Maazia, Belgai, Semeia: hi sacerdotes.