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HebrewH2216Proper Noun (Masculine)

זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל

ze.rub.ba.vel

20Occurrences
H2216Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Zerubbabel, an Israelite

from H2215 (זָרַב) and H894 (בָּבֶל); descended of (i.e. from) Babylon, i.e. born there;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; son of: Pedaiah (H6305H); brother of: Shimei (H8096J); father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G0010); also called Sheshbazzar at ; KJV: Zorobabel at ; § Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon" the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Haggai
7
Ezra
5
Zechariah
4
Nehemiah
3
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:19BSB

The sons of Pedaiah:Zerubbabel and Shimei.The children of Zerubbabel:Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,

Ezra 4:2BSB

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”

Haggai 1:14BSB

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

Haggai 2:23BSB

On that day,declares the LORD of Hosts,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 of Hosts.”

Zechariah 4:6BSB

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 of Hosts.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.