Ζοροβάβελ G2216
Zerubbabel; personal name of the post-exilic leader who rebuilt the temple
Zerubbabel (from Babylonian Zeru-Babili, 'seed of Babylon') is the name of the governor of Judah who led the first return from exile and rebuilt the temple under Cyrus' decree. He was a descendant of David, maintaining the royal line. In the New Testament genealogies he appears as an ancestor of Jesus, linking Christ to both the Davidic dynasty and the restoration community. His inclusion emphasizes God's faithfulness through exile and return.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The name appears uniformly: Zorobabel, Serubbabel. Matthew 1:12: 'After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.' Matthew 1:13: 'and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.' Luke 3:27 includes him in the ascending genealogy. These references establish Jesus' legal descent through the Davidic line as it passed through the crucible of exile and emerged in the restoration period, showing unbroken continuity of God's covenant promises. 3×
AR["زَرُبَّابِلَ", "وَ-زَرُبَّابِلُ"]·ben["সরুব্বাবিল", "সরুব্বাবিল;", "সরুব্বাবিলের"]·DE["Serubbabel"]·EN["Zorobabel"]·FR["Zorobabel"]·heb["זְרֻבָּבֶל"]·HI["जरुब्बाबेल", "जरुब्बाबेल-को", "जरुब्बाबेल-ने"]·ID["Zerubabel", "Zerubabel;"]·IT["zorobabel"]·jav["Zerubabèl,", "Zérubabèl", "Zérubabèl;"]·KO["스룹바벨", "스룹바벨-은", "스룹바벨-을"]·PT["Zorobabel"]·RU["Зоровавелев", "Зоровавель", "Зоровавеля"]·ES["Zorobabél", "Zorobábel"]·SW["Zorobabél", "Zorobábel"]·TR["Zerubbabel", "Zerubbabil"]·urd["زربابل", "زربابل-نے", "زربابل-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ζοροβάβελ (FlJ, Ζοροβάβηλος, -ου), ὁ indecl. (Heb. זְרֻבָּבֶל), Zerubbabel (1Ch.3:19, al.): Mat.1:12-13 Luk.3:27.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)