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Zechariah 11

Zech. 11:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
, fir tree
browsh (Hebrew #1265)
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
KJV usage: fir (tree).
Pronounce: ber-osh'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
; for the cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
is fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
; because the βmighty
'addiyr (Hebrew #117)
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
KJV usage: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(- ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
Pronounce: ad-deer'
Origin: from 142
are spoiled
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
: howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
, O ye oaks
'allown (Hebrew #437)
a variation of 436
KJV usage: oak.
Pronounce: al-lone'
of Bashan
Bashan (Hebrew #1316)
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Bashan.
Pronounce: baw-shawn'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
; for the γforest
ya`ar (Hebrew #3293)
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
KJV usage: (honey-)comb, forest, wood.
Pronounce: yah'-ar
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure
of the vintage
batsar (Hebrew #1219)
to clip off; specifically (as denominative from 1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
KJV usage: cut off, (de-)fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.
Pronounce: baw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
batsowr' (Hebrew #1208)
inaccessible, i.e. lofty
KJV usage: vintage (by confusion with 1210).
Pronounce: baw-tsore'
Origin: from 1219
is come down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
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β
or, gallants.
γ
or, defensed forest.

More on:

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Bashan,
Cedar,
Fir; Fir-Tree,
Forest,
Oak,
To Spoil,
Vintage

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Howl.
Isa. 2:12‑17• 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
 13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
 14and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
 15and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
 16and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.
 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day: (Isa. 2:12‑17)
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Isa. 10:33‑34• 33Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;
 34and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. (Isa. 10:33‑34)
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Ezek. 31:2‑3,17• 2Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
 3Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs.
 17They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that were slain with the sword, and that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations. (Ezek. 31:2‑3,17)
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Amos 6:1• 1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come. (Amos 6:1)
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Nah. 3:8‑19• 8Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall?
 9Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.
 10She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.
 11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.
 12All thy strongholds are like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are as women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.
 14Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.
 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
 17Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
 19There is no healing of thy breach; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? (Nah. 3:8‑19)
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Luke 23:31• 31for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry? (Luke 23:31)
mighty.
or, gallants.
for.
Isa. 32:15‑19• 15until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
 16And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.
 17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.
 18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
 19And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. (Isa. 32:15‑19)
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Ezek. 20:46• 46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop words against the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; (Ezek. 20:46)
forest of the vintage.
or, defenced forest.
• All these terms therefore, cedars, firs, oaks, and the defensed forest, represent the strength and glory of Israel, the sources of their natural confidence. (“Zechariah 11” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Howl, cypress, for the cedar is fallen; because the nobled ones are spoiled. Howl, ye oaks of Bashan; for the stronge forest is come down.

JND Translation Notes

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d
See Jer. 25.34-36; 30.21, Note.
e
Or "inaccessible."