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Lexicon :: Strong's H2216 - zᵊrubāḇel

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זְרֻבָּבֶל
Transliteration
zᵊrubāḇel
Pronunciation
zer-oob-baw-vel'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 578a

Strong’s Definitions

זְרֻבָּבֶל Zᵉrubbâbel, zer-oob-baw-bel'; from H2215 and H894; descended of (i.e. from) Babylon, i.e. born there; Zerubbabel, an Israelite:—Zerubbabel.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H2216 in the following manner: Zerubbabel (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H2216 in the following manner: Zerubbabel (21x).

  1. Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon"

    1. the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זְרֻבָּבֶל Zᵉrubbâbel, zer-oob-baw-bel'; from H2215 and H894; descended of (i.e. from) Babylon, i.e. born there; Zerubbabel, an Israelite:—Zerubbabel.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H2216: Abbreviations
† זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל proper name, masculine (according to MV perhaps = זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל begotten in Babylon, see also Thes) **probably = Babylonian Zêr-Bâbili = off-spring of Babylon, often in Inscriptions (MeyE. Jud. v). — grandson of king Jehoiachin, and son of Pedaiah 1 Chronicles 3:19 (twice in verse) (but son of Shealtiel Ezra 3:2,8 etc., compare שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל brother (?) of פְּדָיָה 1 Chronicles 3:17); leader of first returning exiles Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7; Ezra 3:2,8; Ezra 4:2,3; Nehemiah 12:1,47; Haggai 1:12; Haggai 2:4; Zechariah 4:6,7,9,10; called יְהוּדה פַּחַת Haggai 1:1,14; Haggai 2:2,21, called עַבְדִּי (by י׳) Haggai 2:23. — Greek Version of the LXX Ζοροβαβελ.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2217.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

3:17; 3:19

Ezra

2:2; 3:2; 3:2; 3:8; 3:8; 4:2; 4:3

Nehemiah

7:7; 12:1; 12:47

Haggai

1:1; 1:12; 1:14; 2:2; 2:4; 2:21; 2:23

Zechariah

4:6; 4:7; 4:9; 4:10

H2216

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2216 matches the Hebrew זְרֻבָּבֶל (zᵊrubāḇel),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - And the sons of Phadaias; Zorobabel, and Semei: and the sons of Zorobabel; Mosollam, and Anania, and Salomethi was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochæus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer upon it whole-burnt-offerings, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - And in the second year of their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, over the workmen in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - And they drew near to Zorobabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as ye do, we seek to serve our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the days of Asaradan king of Assur, who brought us hither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - Then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, It is not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - with Zorobabel, and Jesus, and Neemia, Azaria, and Reelma, Naemani, Mardochaeus, Balsan, Maspharath, Esdra, Boguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, men of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 - Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus: Saraia, Jeremia, Esdra,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - And all Israel in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Neemias, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate: and consecrated them to the Levites: and the Levites consecrated them to the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggæus, saying, Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to [fn]Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:12 - And Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Aggæus, according as the Lord their God had sent him to them, and the people feared before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people; and they went in, and wrought in the house of the Lord Almighty their God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to [fn]Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - Yet now be strong, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord; and strengthen thyself, O Jesus the high priest, the son of Josedec; and let all the people of the land strengthen themselves, saith the Lord, and work, for I am with you, saith the Lord Almighty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will take thee, O Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a seal: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the [fn]equal of my grace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes [fn]that look upon all the earth.
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