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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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The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel H2216 and Shimei.

And the [fn]sons of Zerubbabel H2216 were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - [fn]These came with Zerubbabel H2216, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Seraiah, [fn]Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispar, Bigvai, [fn]Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - so they approached Zerubbabel H2216 and the heads of fathers’ households and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel H2216 and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - who came with Zerubbabel H2216, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Azariah, [fn]Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispereth, Bigvai, [fn]Nehum, Baanah.

The number of men of the people of Israel:

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Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:

Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel H2216 and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the holy portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.

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In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of [fn]Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

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Then Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, listened to the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him. And the people feared Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Speak now to Zerubbabel H2216 the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - ‘But now, be strong, Zerubbabel H2216,’ declares Yahweh, ‘be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Speak to Zerubbabel H2216 governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - ‘On that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel H2216, son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will make you like a [fn]signet ring, for I have chosen you,’” declares Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel H2216, saying, ‘Not by [fn]might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - ‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel H2216 you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - “The hands of Zerubbabel H2216 have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to [fn]you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “For who has despised the day of small things? [fn]But these seven will be glad when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel H2216—these are the eyes of Yahweh which roam to and fro throughout the earth.”
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