Nehemiah 11:19
Strong's Lexicon
And the gatekeepers:
וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ (wə·haš·šō·w·‘ă·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: 1) gatekeeper, porter

Akkub,
עַקּ֣וּב (‘aq·qūḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6126: Akkub = 'insidious' 1) son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel 2) a head of a family returning from exile 3) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile 4) a Levite gatekeeper 5) a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people 6) a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

Talmon,
טַלְמ֔וֹן (ṭal·mō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2929: Talmon = 'oppressor' 1) the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra 1a) possibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah

and their associates,
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם (wa·’ă·ḥê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

who kept watch
הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים (haš·šō·mə·rîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

at the gates—
בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים (baš·šə·‘ā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8179: 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

172 men
מֵאָ֖ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3967: 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)

שִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7657: 1) seventy

וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ (ū·šə·nā·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: 1) two 1a) two (the cardinal number) 1a1) two, both, double, twice 1b) second (the ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers 1d) both (a dual number)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates— 172 men.

Young's Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, [are] a hundred seventy and two.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the gates: 172 .

New American Standard Bible
Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, [were] 172

King James Bible
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates--172 men.

New Living Translation
From the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and 172 of their associates, who guarded the gates.

English Standard Version
The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

New American Standard Bible
Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

King James Bible
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the gates: 172.

International Standard Version
The Gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who kept watch at the gates, numbered 172

NET Bible
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates--172.

American Standard Version
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.

English Revised Version
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

Young's Literal Translation
And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, are a hundred seventy and two.
















Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Nehemiah 11:18
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

Nehemiah 11:20
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

Nehemiah 11:17
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 11:16
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Nehemiah 11:21
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

Nehemiah 11:22
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
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