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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 5 times in 5 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar,[fn] Bigvai, Rehum,[fn] and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak[fn] and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, 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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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak,[fn] and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”
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