Strong H2217זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל
Zerubbabel
- Transliteration
- zerûbbâbel
- Pronunciation
- zer-oob-baw-bel'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2216 : - Zerubbabel.
Meaning of the name
Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon"
Detailed definition
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 (H169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G10); 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)
son of: Pedaiah (H6305H);
brother of: Shimei (H8096J);
father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G10); 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)
In the biblical story
Zerubbabel
Leader of the first Jewish exiles from Babylon
Zerubbabel (or Sheshbazzar), a descendant of David, led the first group of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon and oversaw the rebuilding of the temple (1Ch.3.19,19; Ezr.2.2; 3.2,8; 4.2,3; Neh.7.7; 12.1,47; Hag.1.1,12,14; 2.2,4,21,23; Zec.4.6,7,9,10; Ezr.5.2; 1.8,11; 5.14,16; Mat.1.12,13).
In the Bible
Strong H2217 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zerubbabel1
First verses
- Ezra 5:2Then 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.