Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent">428 [e] לְ֠אֵלֶּה lə-’êl-leh Among these [were] Prep-l | Pro-cp 1a) division, part 1b) division, class, course 1b1) of priests, Levites (technical term of organisation)">4256 [e] מַחְלְק֨וֹת maḥ-lə-qō-wṯ the divisions N-fpc 7778 [e] הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜ים haš-šō-‘ă-rîm of the gatekeepers Art | N-mp 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum">7218 [e] לְרָאשֵׁ֧י lə-rā-šê among chief Prep-l | N-mpc 1397 [e] הַגְּבָרִ֛ים hag-gə-ḇā-rîm the men Art | N-mp 1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement 1b) keeping, preserving 1c) charge, injunction 1d) office, function (ceremonial)">4931 [e] מִשְׁמָר֖וֹת miš-mā-rō-wṯ [having] duties N-fp 1a) used only as a prep 1a1) close by, side by side with, alongside of, parallel with 1a2) agreeing with, corresponding to, exactly as, close beside 1a3) correspondingly to">5980 [e] לְעֻמַּ֣ת lə-‘um-maṯ just like Prep-l 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">251 [e] אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם ’ă-ḥê-hem; their brothers N-mpc | 3mp 8334 [e] לְשָׁרֵ֖ת lə-šā-rêṯ to serve Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within">1004 [e] בְּבֵ֥ית bə-ḇêṯ in the house Prep-b | N-msc 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] יְהוָֽה׃ Yah-weh. of Yahweh N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the LORD.

King James Bible
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the LORD's temple, just as their brothers did.

wards That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.

1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, …

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