Zechariah 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
2When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
3And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
4Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
8And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306810× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אָמַרʼâmarH5599× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19617× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- צָבָאtsâbâʼH66356× 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)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- דָּבָרdâbârH16975× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80854× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אֵתʼêthH8534× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼH50303× in this chapter
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- צוּםtsûwmH66843× in this chapter
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81413× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlH10082× in this chapter
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- זְכַרְיָהZᵉkaryâhH21482× in this chapter
Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23202× in this chapter
the new moon; by implication, a month
- אָחʼâchH2512× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- חֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîyH25492× in this chapter
fifth; also a fifth
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35482× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- אָכַלʼâkalH3982× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- אַלʼalH4082× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻH7022× in this chapter
four
- רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwnH72232× in this chapter
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- רֶגֶם מֶלֶךְRegem MelekH72782× in this chapter
Regem-Melek, an Israelite
- שׂוּםsûwmH77602× in this chapter
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79712× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- שַׁרְאֶצֶרSharʼetserH82722× in this chapter
Sharetser, the name of an Assyrian and an Israelite
- שָׁתָהshâthâhH83542× in this chapter
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- אֵתʼêthH8542× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8592× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)