Zerubbabel
זְרֻבָּבֶ֫לStrong’s H2216zerubbavel (ze-rub-ba-vel)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zerubbavel is the Hebrew word usually translated “zerubbabel” and “o zerubbabel”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.19
How it's translated
- zerubbabel 18
- o zerubbabel 2
- and zerubbabel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Haggai 7
- Ezra 5
- Zechariah 4
- Nehemiah 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 4:7In contextWho art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
- Zechariah 4:9In contextThe hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
- Zechariah 4:10In contextFor who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
- Ezra 2:2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Ezra 3:2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Hebrew dictionary
זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל zerubbavel · Zerubbabel
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.19; 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 Ezr.1.8,11; 5.14,16; KJV: Zorobabel at Mat.1.12,13; § Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon" the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.