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Zechariah 11

Zech. 11:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, lo, I will raise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
a shepherd
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, which shall not visit
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
those that be γcut off
kachad (Hebrew #3582)
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
KJV usage: conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
Pronounce: kaw-khad'
Origin: a primitive root
, neither shall seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
the young one
na`ar (Hebrew #5289)
a wanderer
KJV usage: young one.
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287 in its derivative sense of tossing about
, nor heal
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
that that is broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, nor δfeed
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
that that standeth
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
still: but he shall eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
of the fat
bariy' (Hebrew #1277)
fatted or plump
KJV usage: fat ((fleshed), -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank.
Pronounce: baw-ree'
Origin: from 1254 (in the sense of 1262)
, and tear
paraq (Hebrew #6561)
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
KJV usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Pronounce: paw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
their claws
parcah (Hebrew #6541)
a claw or split hoof
KJV usage: claw, (cloven-)footed, hoof.
Pronounce: par-saw'
Origin: feminine of 6538
in pieces
paraq (Hebrew #6561)
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
KJV usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Pronounce: paw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, hidden.
δ
or, bear.

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Cross References

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Jer. 23:2,22• 2Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
 22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. (Jer. 23:2,22)
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Ezek. 34:2‑6,16• 2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
 3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
 4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
 5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
 6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
 16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. (Ezek. 34:2‑6,16)
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Matt. 23:2‑4,13‑29• 2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
 3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
 4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
 13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
 14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
 15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
 16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
 17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
 19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
 20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
 21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
 22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
 23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
 24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
 25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
 27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
 28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
 29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (Matt. 23:2‑4,13‑29)
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Luke 12:45‑46• 45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
 46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:45‑46)
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John 10:12‑13• 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. (John 10:12‑13)
cut off.
or, hidden.
neither.
Gen. 33:13• 13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. (Gen. 33:13)
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1 Sam. 17:34‑35• 34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
 35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. (1 Sam. 17:34‑35)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Isa. 40:11)
feed.
or, bear.
but.
Gen. 31:38• 38This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. (Gen. 31:38)
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Ezek. 34:10,21• 10Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
 21Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; (Ezek. 34:10,21)
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John 10:1• 1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed awayc, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "is dispersed."