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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.
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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 Box 1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah): The list of the men of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 - These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak,[fn] the high priest:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:12 - Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,[fn] the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the LORD, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that 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 the LORD Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:6 - So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone[fn] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
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