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Zechariah 9

Zech. 9:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Tyrus
Tsor (Hebrew #6865)
the same as 6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Tyre, Tyrus.
Pronounce: tsore
Origin: or Tsowr {tsore}
did build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
herself a strong hold
matsowr (Hebrew #4692)
from 6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV usage: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
Pronounce: maw-tsore'
Origin: or matsuwr {maw-tsoor'}
, and heaped up
tsabar (Hebrew #6651)
to aggregate
KJV usage: gather (together), heap (up), lay up.
Pronounce: tsaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
as the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
, and fine gold
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
as the mire
tiyt (Hebrew #2916)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
KJV usage: clay, dirt, mire.
Pronounce: teet
Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rath. perb. a demon. from 2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)
of the streets
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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build.
Josh. 19:29• 29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: (Josh. 19:29)
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2 Sam. 24:7• 7And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. (2 Sam. 24:7)
heaped.
1 Kings 10:27• 27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. (1 Kings 10:27)
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Job 22:24• 24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. (Job 22:24)
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Job 27:16• 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Job 27:16)
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Isa. 23:8• 8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose trafficers are the honorable of the earth? (Isa. 23:8)
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Ezek. 27:33• 33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. (Ezek. 27:33)
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Ezek. 28:4‑5• 4With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
 5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: (Ezek. 28:4‑5)
• {v.3-4} Truly man and all his resources are but vanity in the day of the Lord’s anger. (Compare Isa. 2.). (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.