Cross References And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built. Nehemiah 7:3 And I said to them: Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by the gates were shut, and barred: and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every man over against his house. Nehemiah 7:5 But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found written: Nehemiah 11:1 And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built. large and great. Isaiah 58:12 And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundation of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest. Haggai 1:4-6 Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate? . . . Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Context The List of Returning Exiles4And the city was very wide and great, and the people few in the midst thereof, and the houses were not built.5But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found written:… Lexicon Now the cityוְהָעִ֞יר (wə·hā·‘îr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement was large וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה (ū·ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent and spacious, רַחֲבַ֤ת (ra·ḥă·ḇaṯ) Adjective - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7342: Wide, broad but there were few מְעַ֖ט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4592: A little, fewness, a few people וְהָעָ֥ם (wə·hā·‘ām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock in it, בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre and the houses בָּתִּ֖ים (bāt·tîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house had not yet וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle been rebuilt. בְּנוּיִֽם׃ (bə·nū·yim) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build Additional Translations Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. Now the city was wide and large; and the people were few in it, and the houses were not built. Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built. Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. Now the city was large and great: but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built. Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. And the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded; Jump to Previous Broad Builded Built City Few Great Houses Large Midst Rebuilt Sides Small Spacious Therein Wide WithinJump to Next Broad Builded Built City Few Great Houses Large Midst Rebuilt Sides Small Spacious Therein Wide WithinExternal Links Nehemiah 7:4 NIVNehemiah 7:4 NLT Nehemiah 7:4 ESV Nehemiah 7:4 NASB Nehemiah 7:4 ASV Nehemiah 7:4 Bible Apps Nehemiah 7:4 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 7:4 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 7:4 French Bible Nehemiah 7:4 German Bible Alphabetical: and been built but city few had houses in it large not Now people rebuilt spacious the there was were yet OT History: Nehemiah 7:4 Now the city was wide and large (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |