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Nehemiah 12:18
“Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בִּלְגַהBilgah · bil-gaw'
H1083 · Hebrew
H1083 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Bilgah, the name of two Israelites
- Derivation
- from H1082 (בָּלַג); desistance;
- KJV renderings
- Bilgah.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- בִלְגָּ֣ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 24:14Nehemiah 12:5
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 בִּלְגַה here.
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.