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Zerubbabel

זְרֻבָּבֶ֫לStrong’s H2217

zerubbavel (ze-rub-ba-vel)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Zerubbavel is the Aramaic word usually translated “zerubbabel”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.”
Ezra 5:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezra 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic 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; Aramaic of ze.rub.ba.vel (זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל "Zerubbabel" H2216) § 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.