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Zechariah 3

Zech. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
now, O Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
the high
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, thou, and thy fellows
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
that sit
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thee: for they are men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
ζwondered at
mowpheth (Hebrew #4159)
from 3302 in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen
KJV usage: miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).
Pronounce: mo-faith'
Origin: or mopheth {mo-faith'}
: for, behold, I will bring forth
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
my servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
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
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of wonder, or, sign,
Isa. 8:18• 18Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa. 8:18)
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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)

More on:

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High Priest,
Joshua,
Priest; Priesthood,
Servant,
The Branch

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 71:7• 7I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. (Psa. 71:7)
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Isa. 8:18• 18Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa. 8:18)
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Isa. 20:3• 3And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, (Isa. 20:3)
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1 Cor. 4:9‑13• 9For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
 10*We* are fools for Christ's sake, but *ye* prudent in Christ: *we* weak, but *ye* strong: *ye* glorious, but *we* in dishonour.
 11To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,
 12and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;
 13insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now. (1 Cor. 4:9‑13)
wondered at.
Heb. of wonder, or sign, as.
Ezek. 12:11• 11Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into exile, into captivity. (Ezek. 12:11)
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Ezek. 24:24• 24Thus Ezekiel shall be unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do: when it cometh, then ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 24:24)
my.
Isa. 42:1• 1Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)
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Isa. 49:3,5• 3And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.
 5And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;) (Isa. 49:3,5)
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Isa. 52:13• 13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and be lifted up, and be very high. (Isa. 52:13)
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Isa. 53:11• 11He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he* shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:11)
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Ezek. 34:23‑24• 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
 24And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken it. (Ezek. 34:23‑24)
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Ezek. 37:24• 24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: and they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my statutes, and do them. (Ezek. 37:24)
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Phil. 2:6‑8• 6who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
 7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men;
 8and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:6‑8)
the Branch.
Zech. 6:12• 12and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold a man whose name is the Branch; and he shall grow up from his own place, and he shall build the temple of Jehovah: (Zech. 6:12)
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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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Ezek. 17:22‑24• 22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:
 23upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it. (Ezek. 17:22‑24)
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Ezek. 34:29• 29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the ignominy of the nations any more. (Ezek. 34:29)
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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)
:*marg:
• Verse 8 takes him {Joshua} up, and presents him, as a type of Christ in the days of the kingdom when He will associate Israel with Himself as a nation of priests. (Compare Rev. 1:5-6.) (“Zechariah 3” by E. Dennett)
• Joshua and his companions, in this connection, shadows forth Christ in the midst of His “fellows” (Heb. 1:9), who, through association with Him, will then be a “chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.” (“Zechariah 3” by E. Dennett)
• The ground of all is the introduction of the Branch — the Messiah in whom, and by whom, all blessing, whether for the Church or for Israel, is secured. Both Isaiah and Jeremiah had prophesied of Christ in this character (Isa. 4:2; 11:1; Jer. 23:5; 33:15), and a single citation from one of these will explain its meaning. “There shall come forth a rod,” says Isaiah, “out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots” (Isa. 11:1). The figure of a branch is thus evidently derived from the fact that the Messiah has sprung from the family of David. (“Zechariah 3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee—for they are men of portentg—for behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branchh.

JND Translation Notes

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Men to be observed as signs, or types.
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Strictly, "Sprout." see ch. 6.12; Jer. 23.5.