H2216 H2216
Zerubbabel — post-exilic governor of Judah who led the return from Babylon and rebuilt the Temple
A name likely meaning 'offspring of Babylon,' pointing to the exile setting in which this leader was born. Zerubbabel led the first wave of returning exiles and oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple under prophetic encouragement from Haggai and Zechariah. Called 'governor of Judah' by Haggai and 'my servant' by the Lord, he occupies a pivotal place in post-exilic hope. His genealogy links him to the Davidic line through Shealtiel (or Pedaiah), keeping messianic expectations alive during the restoration.
Senses
1. Zerubbabel (personal name) — The personal name of the Davidic descendant who served as governor of Judah after the Babylonian exile. Grandson of King Jehoiachin, he appears in Ezra 2-4, Nehemiah 7 and 12, Haggai 1-2, and Zechariah 4. The Greek form Ζοροβαβελ is consistent across the LXX, and translations uniformly transliterate the name (Zerubabel, Zorobabel, Serubbabel), underscoring his singular identity in post-exilic literature. 21×
AR["زَرُبَّابِل", "زَرُبَّابِلَ", "زَرُبَّابِلُ", "زَرُبّابِل", "زَرُبّابِلَ", "يَا-زَرُبَّابِلُ"]·ben["সরুব্বাবিল", "সরুব্বাবিলের"]·DE["Serubbabel", "[זרבבל]"]·EN["Zerubavel", "Zerubbabel", "Zerubbavel"]·FR["Zorobabel"]·heb["זרבבל", "זרובבל"]·HI["जरुब्बाबेल", "जरुब्बाबेल-के", "ज़रुब्बाबेल", "ज़रुब्बाबेल-की", "ज़रुब्बाबेल-के", "ज़रुब्बाबेल-के।", "ज़रुब्बाबेल-ने", "ज़रुब्बाबेलने"]·ID["Zerubabel", "hai-Zerubabel"]·IT["Zorobabele"]·jav["Zerubabel", "Zérubabel", "Zérubabèl", "lan-dhateng-para-pangarepe"]·KO["스룹바벨", "스룹바벨과", "스룹바벨아", "스룹바벨의"]·PT["Zerubavel", "Zerubbavel"]·RU["Зеруббавелем", "Зеруббавель", "Зеруббавелю", "Зеруббавеля", "Зоровавелем", "Зоровавель", "Зоровавеля"]·ES["Zerubabel", "Zorobabel"]·SW["Zerubabeli"]·TR["Zerubavel", "Zerubavel'in", "Zerubbabel", "Zerubbabel'e", "Zerubbabel'in", "Zerubbabel'in?", "Zerubbabele"]·urd["زربابل", "زربابل-نے", "زربابل-کے", "زرببل", "زربّابل", "زربّابل-نے", "زرُبابل", "زرُبابل-کے"]
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
† זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל n.pr.m. (according to MV perhaps = זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל begotten in Babylon, v. also Thes prob. = Bab. Zêr-Bâbili = off-spring of Babylon, often in Inscr. (MeyE. Jud. v);)—grandson of king Jehoiachin, and son of Pedaiah 1 Ch 3:19(×2) (but son of Shealtiel Ezr 3:2, 8 etc., cf. שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל brother(?) of פְּדָיָה 1 Ch 3:17); leader of first returning exiles Ezr 2:2 = Ne 7:7, Ezr 3:2, 8;…