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Nehemiah 10:16

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah 10:16 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
  • KJV Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
  • BSB Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
  • NKJV Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
  • NASB Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

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Quick answer

Adonijah, Bigvai, and Adin are listed among the lay leaders sealing the covenant. It matters because it continues the record of committed families.

Overview

These additional names extend the list of lay heads bound to the covenant. Their inclusion affirms the comprehensive participation of the community. God's covenant embraces whole households, a pattern echoed in the New Testament's gospel reaching families (Acts 16:31).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Ezra 8:14Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
  • Neh 7:19–21The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
  • Ezra 2:14–16The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
ADONIKAMBIGVAIDECISION

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Nehemiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NehemiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The rebuilt walls and renewed covenant community foreshadow the greater builder who gathers and secures a people for God, the one who declares 'I will build my church.'

How Nehemiah 10:16 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.

AdonijahאֲדֹנִיָּהBigvaiבִּגְוַיAdinעָדִין
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