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Nehemiah 3 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 555 / 220
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Nehemiah 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָזַק | châzaq | H2388 | 35 | fasten, seize |
| פֶּלֶךְ | pelek | H6418 | 8 | circuit, spindle |
| שַׁעַר | shaʻar | H8179 | 12 | opening, door |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 15 | hand, open |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 11 | build |
| חוֹמָה | chôwmâh | H2346 | 8 | wall |
| מִדָּה | middâh | H4060 | 7 | extension, height |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Saying and doing are often two things: many are ready to say, "Let us rise up and build," who sit still and do nothing, like that fair-spoken son who said,"I go, Sir, but went not." The undertakers here were none of those. As soon as they had resolved to build the wall about Jerusalem they lost no time, but set about it presently, as we find in this chapter. Let it never be said that we left that good work to be done to-morrow which we might as well have done to-day. This chapter gives an account of two things:--I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Nehemiah 3:1–32 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sheep Gate — Neh 3:1
- Tower of Hananel — Neh 3:1
- Tower of the Hundred — Neh 3:1
- Harim — Neh 3:11
- Tower of the Ovens — Neh 3:11
- Jerusalem — Neh 3:12
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