זְרֻבָּבֶל
Zᵉrubbâbel · zer-oob-baw-bel'
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2215 (זָרַב) and H894 (בָּבֶל); descended of (i.e. from) Babylon, i.e. born there;
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zerubbabel.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest of the house, what is within of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זְרֻבָּבֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zerubbabel5 · 24%
- with zerubbabel3 · 14%
- zerubbabel2 · 10%
- to zerubbabel2 · 10%
- unto zerubbabel2 · 10%
- were, zerubbabel1 · 5%
- and zerubbabel1 · 5%
- but zerubbabel1 · 5%
- then zerubbabel1 · 5%
- now to zerubbabel1 · 5%
- o zerubbabel1 · 5%
- thee, o zerubbabel1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.