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Zephaniah 1

Zeph. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of the trumpet
showphar (Hebrew #7782)
from 8231 in the original sense of incising; a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
KJV usage: cornet, trumpet.
Pronounce: sho-far'
Origin: or shophar {sho-far'}
x and alarm
truw`ah (Hebrew #8643)
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum
KJV usage: alarm, blow(- ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout(-ing), (high, joyful) sound(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-aw'
Origin: from 7321
against the fenced
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
cities
`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}
, and against the high
gaboahh (Hebrew #1364)
from 1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
KJV usage: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly.
Pronounce: gaw-bo'-ah
Origin: or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}
towers
pinnah (Hebrew #6438)
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
KJV usage: bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
Pronounce: pin-naw'
Origin: feminine of 6434
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Jer. 4:19• 19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. (Jer. 4:19)

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Day,
Fenced Cities,
Tower,
Trumpets

Cross References

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Isa. 59:10• 10We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, we grope as having no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the flourishing we [are] as dead [men]. (Isa. 59:10)
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Jer. 4:19‑20• 19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
 20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment. (Jer. 4:19‑20)
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Jer. 6:1• 1Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction. (Jer. 6:1)
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Jer. 8:16• 16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein. (Jer. 8:16)
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Hos. 5:8• 8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven after thee, O Benjamin. (Hos. 5:8)
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Hos. 8:1• 1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. he shall come as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law. (Hos. 8:1)
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Amos 3:6• 6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah hath not done it? (Amos 3:6)
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Hab. 1:6‑10• 6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs.
 7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
 8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; and they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
 10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. (Hab. 1:6‑10)
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Hab. 3:6• 6He stood, and made the earth tremble: (Hab. 3:6)
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Psa. 48:12‑13• 12Surround ye Zion and encompass her;{HR}Count ye her towers.
 13Set your heart to her rampart;{HR}Consider her palaces,{HR}That ye may recount [it] to the generation following. (Psa. 48:12‑13)
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Isa. 2:12‑15• 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
 13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
 14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
 15and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall; (Isa. 2:12‑15)
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Isa. 32:14• 14For the palace shall be deserted; the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; the hill and watch-tower shall be dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; (Isa. 32:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.

W. Kelly Translation

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a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.