Zechariah 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
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.
- אָמַרʼâmarH55910× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֵלʼêlH4139× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- זֹאתzôʼthH20636× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33186× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֵיפָהʼêyphâhH3745× in this chapter
an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53755× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72005× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- עַיִןʻayinH58694× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20093× in this chapter
lo!
- כָּנָףkânâphH36713× in this chapter
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84323× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- כְּמוֹkᵉmôwH36442× in this chapter
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
- מְגִלָּהmᵉgillâhH40392× in this chapter
a roll
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâkH43972× in this chapter
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- אַמָּהʼammâhH5202× in this chapter
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
- נָקָהnâqâhH53522× in this chapter
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
- עוּףʻûwphH57742× in this chapter
to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
- עוֹפֶרֶתʻôwpherethH57772× in this chapter
lead (from its dusty color)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֶבֶןʼebenH682× in this chapter
a stone
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻH76502× in this chapter
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- שָׁלַךְshâlakH79932× in this chapter
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8022× in this chapter
a woman
- בֵּיןbêynH9962× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- בָּנָהbânâhH11291× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- גָּנַבgânabH15891× in this chapter
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
- גַּנָּבgannâbH15901× in this chapter
a stealer
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2591× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- חֲסִידָהchăçîydâhH26241× in this chapter
the kind (maternal) bird, i.e. a stork
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30681× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God