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Zechariah 8

Zech. 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
of the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
shall be full
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
of boys
yeled (Hebrew #3206)
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
KJV usage: boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
Pronounce: yeh'-led
Origin: from 3205
and girls
yaldah (Hebrew #3207)
a lass
KJV usage: damsel, girl.
Pronounce: yal-daw'
Origin: feminine of 3206
playing
sachaq (Hebrew #7832)
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Pronounce: saw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
in the streets
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
thereof.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Zech. 2:4• 4and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: (Zech. 2:4)
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Psa. 128:3‑4• 3Thy wife as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house;{HR}Thy sons as plants of olives around thy table.
 4Behold, thus shall be blessed{HR}A man fearing Jehovah. (Psa. 128:3‑4)
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Psa. 144:12‑15• 12That our sons [be] as plants grown up in their youth,{HR}Our daughters as corner-stones hewn [in] the fashion of a palace;
 13Our granaries full, affording from kind to kind;{HR}Our sheep bearing thousands,{HR}Bearing ten thousands in our fields;
 14Our oxen laden; no breach, and no loss,{HR}And no outcry in our streets.
 15Blessed the people to which [it is] thus;{HR}Blessed the people whose God [is] Jehovah. (Psa. 144:12‑15)
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Jer. 30:19‑20• 19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
 20Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. (Jer. 30:19‑20)
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Jer. 31:27• 27Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. (Jer. 31:27)
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Jer. 33:11• 11the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise Jehovah of hosts: for Jehovah is good: for his mercy endureth forever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 33:11)
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Lam. 2:19• 19Arise, cry out in the night:{HR}In the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord:{HR}Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street. (Lam. 2:19)
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Matt. 11:16‑17• 16But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,
 17say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed. (Matt. 11:16‑17)
• It is a scene of perfect natural happiness, and one that reveals the interest, the pleasure, God takes in the temporal prosperity of His people. (“Zechariah 8” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.