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Zechariah 7

Zech. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass in the fourth
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
of king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Darius
Dar`yavesh (Hebrew #1867)
Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
KJV usage: Darius.
Pronounce: daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'
Origin: of Persian origin
, that the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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
came unto Zechariah
Zkaryah (Hebrew #2148)
from 2142 and 3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zachariah, Zechariah.
Pronounce: zek-ar-yaw'
Origin: or Zkaryahuw {zek-ar-yaw'-hoo}
in the fourth
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
day of the ninth
tshiy`iy (Hebrew #8671)
ninth
KJV usage: ninth.
Pronounce: tesh-ee-ee'
Origin: ord. from 8672
month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
, even in Chisleu
Kiclev (Hebrew #3691)
Kisleu, the 9th Heb. month
KJV usage: Chisleu.
Pronounce: kis-lave'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
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Chisleu,
Darius,
Day,
King,
Months,
Year,
Zechariah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The captives enquire concerning the set fasts.
4-7:  Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting.
8-14:  Sin the cause of their captivity.
the fourth.
Zech. 1:1• 1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zech. 1:1)
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Ezra 6:14‑15• 14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
 15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (Ezra 6:14‑15)
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Hag. 2:10,20• 10In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
 20And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, (Hag. 2:10,20)
Chisleu.Answering to part of November and part of December.
Neh. 1:1• 1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, (Neh. 1:1)
• The main object of this portion is to bring in the introduction of Messiah, and to show the consequences of His rejection, issuing finally in the attack of the enemy, in the last days, on Jerusalem, and the interposition of God on behalf of His people, as preparatory to the establishment of Messiah’s throne in righteousness, when the Lord shall be King over all the earth. (“Zechariah 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev,