Haggai 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
3Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
13Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
14And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306816× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- עַלʻalH592114× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אָמַרʼâmarH55910× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- בַּיִתbayithH10048× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בֵּןbênH11216× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- עַםʻamH59715× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- צָבָאtsâbâʼH66355× in this chapter
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- חַגַּיChaggayH22924× in this chapter
Chaggai, a Hebrew prophet
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- זְרֻבָּבֶלZᵉrubbâbelH22163× in this chapter
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23203× in this chapter
the new moon; by implication, a month
- יְהוֹצָדָקYᵉhôwtsâdâqH30873× in this chapter
Jehotsadak, an Israelite
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻH30913× in this chapter
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- כֹּהkôhH35413× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35483× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אַיִןʼayinH3693× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼH50303× in this chapter
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- עֵתʻêthH62563× in this chapter
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- רוּחַrûwachH73073× in this chapter
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
- שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵלShᵉʼaltîyʼêlH75973× in this chapter
Shealtiel, an Israelite
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֵתʼêthH8533× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בָּנָהbânâhH11292× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDârᵉyâvêshH18672× in this chapter
Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- חָרֵבchârêbH27202× in this chapter
parched or ruined
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30632× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יַעַןyaʻanH32822× in this chapter
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
- כָּלָאkâlâʼH36072× in this chapter
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
- לֵבָבlêbâbH38242× in this chapter
the heart (as the most interior organ);