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Ezra 6:14

“And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שִׂיבsîyb · seeb
H7868 · Aramaic

Definition: {properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7867 (שִׂיב)
KJV renderings: elder.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שָׂבֵ֤י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
Code AC/Ncmpc
Usage: Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 5:5 Ezra 5:9 Ezra 6:7 Ezra 6:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שִׂיב here.

Verse 13 Verse 15

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.