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Zechariah 6

Zech. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And speak
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Thus speaketh
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold the man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
is The BRANCH
tsemach (Hebrew #6780)
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
KJV usage: branch, bud, that which (where) grew (upon), spring(-ing).
Pronounce: tseh'-makh
Origin: from 6779
f; and he shall ζgrow up
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
out of his place, and he shall build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
g the temple
heykal (Hebrew #1964)
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
KJV usage: palace, temple.
Pronounce: hay-kawl'
Origin: probably from 3201 (in the sense of capacity)
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Zech. 3:8• 8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee--for they are men of portent--for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. (Zech. 3:8)
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or, branch up from under him.
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1 Cor. 3:9• 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)
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Heb. 3:3• 3For *he* has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house. (Heb. 3:3)
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1 Peter 2:4‑5• 4To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
 5yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:4‑5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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behold.
Zech. 13:7• 7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones. (Zech. 13:7)
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Isa. 32:1‑2• 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
 2And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:1‑2)
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Mic. 5:5• 5And this man shall be Peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men. (Mic. 5:5)
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Mark 15:39• 39And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God. (Mark 15:39)
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John 19:5• 5(Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold the man! (John 19:5)
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Acts 13:38• 38Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you, (Acts 13:38)
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Acts 17:31• 31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead. (Acts 17:31)
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Heb. 7:4,24• 4Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
 24but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable. (Heb. 7:4,24)
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Heb. 8:3• 3For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer. (Heb. 8:3)
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Heb. 10:12• 12But *he*, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down in perpetuity at the right hand of God, (Heb. 10:12)
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Zech. 3:8• 8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee--for they are men of portent--for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. (Zech. 3:8)
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Psa. 80:15‑17• 15Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself. (Psa. 80:15‑17)
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Isa. 4:2• 2In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Isa. 11:1• 1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful; (Isa. 11:1)
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Isa. 53:2• 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isa. 53:2)
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Jer. 23:5• 5Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. (Jer. 23:5)
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Jer. 33:15• 15In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. (Jer. 33:15)
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Luke 1:78• 78on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)
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Luke 1•  (Luke 1)
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John 1:45• 45Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. (John 1:45)
grow up out of his place.
or, branch up from under him.
heshall build.
Zech. 4:6‑9• 6And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou dost become a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!
 8And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. (Zech. 4:6‑9)
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Zech. 8:9• 9Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. (Zech. 8:9)
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Matt. 16:18• 18And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18)
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Matt. 26:61• 61and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it. (Matt. 26:61)
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Mark 14:58• 58*We* heard him saying, *I* will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands. (Mark 14:58)
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Mark 15:29• 29And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, (Mark 15:29)
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John 2:19‑21• 19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
 20The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?
 21But *he* spoke of the temple of his body. (John 2:19‑21)
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1 Cor. 3:9• 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)
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Heb. 3:3‑4• 3For *he* has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.
 4For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things is God. (Heb. 3:3‑4)
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1 Peter 2:4‑5• 4To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
 5yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:4‑5)
• The BRANCH. According to promise He should spring forth after the flesh from the stock, and thus be the offspring of David; and hence it is added that “He shall grow up out of His place”; that is He should be regarded as born in Zion. (“Zechariah 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold a man whose name is the Branche; and he shall grow up from his own place, and he shall build the temple of Jehovah:

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "Sprout," as ch. 3.8; from the same root as "grow up," in this verse.