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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 shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah. (Psa. 128:3‑4)
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Psa. 144:12‑15• 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
 13Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;
 14Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
 15Blessed the people that is in such a case! 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 diminished; and I will honour them, and they shall not be small.
 20And their sons shall be as aforetime; and their assembly 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, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. (Jer. 31:27)
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Jer. 33:11• 11there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,--of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 33:11)
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Lam. 2:19• 19Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets. (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.