What Does Nehemiah 7:47 Mean in the King James?

The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,

Nehemiah 7:47 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Padon, a name linked to the root for redeeming, places release inside a roll call of families.

THE MEANING

This line gives each family a distinct place in a shared record. Padon carries a likely echo of redemption, so release appears among the names by which a people is held together.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A name matters only if it belongs to someone famous; this verse gives even less familiar names their place.

THE ROOT

פָּדוֹן

Pādōn

GROWS FROM

פדה

p-d-h

To redeem, ransom, or release.

Padon is commonly linked to ⁨פדה⁩, the root of redeeming or ransoming. That connection lets release sound within a family name in a line that might otherwise seem like simple accounting.

ALSO GROWS

padah: Redeem or ransom.

פָּדָה

This verb makes explicit the release that Padon’s name may carry.

pidyon: Ransom or redemption.

פִּדְיוֹן

This noun shows the same root forming a word for the act or means of release.

THE PATTERN

Belonging becomes visible when people are named individually and held in a shared record.

The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,

Ezra 2:44 · KJVThe same family names appear together in another roll, keeping these households visible across the record.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Isaiah 43:1 · KJVBeing called by name is joined to redemption and belonging.

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Luke 10:20 · KJVNames held in a record become a sign of belonging that outlasts a display of power.

THE THREAD

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Psalm 49:15 · KJV

The word translated “redeem” comes from ⁨פדה⁩, the same root commonly linked to Padon. The root hidden in a family name sounds here as an active verb of release.

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