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Zephaniah 2

Zeph. 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And flocks
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
shall lie down
rabats (Hebrew #7257)
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
KJV usage: crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
Pronounce: raw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of her, all the beasts
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
of the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
: both the κcormorant
qa'ath (Hebrew #6893)
probably the pelican (from vomiting)
KJV usage: cormorant.
Pronounce: kaw-ath'
Origin: from 6958
and the bittern
qippowd (Hebrew #7090)
from 7088; a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
KJV usage: bittern.
Pronounce: kip-pode'
Origin: or qippod {kip-pode'}
shall lodge
luwn (Hebrew #3885)
a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
KJV usage: abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
Pronounce: loon
Origin: or liyn {leen}
in the λupper lintels
kaphtor (Hebrew #3730)
probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV usage: knop, (upper) lintel.
Pronounce: kaf-tore'
Origin: or (Am. 9:1) kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}
of it; their voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
shall sing
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
in the windows
challown (Hebrew #2474)
a window (as perforated)
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: khal-lone'
; desolation
choreb (Hebrew #2721)
drought or desolation
KJV usage: desolation, drought, dry, heat, X utterly, waste.
Pronounce: kho'-reb
Origin: a collaterally form of 2719
shall be in the thresholds
caph (Hebrew #5592)
a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
KJV usage: bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
Pronounce: saf
Origin: from 5605, in its original sense of containing
: μfor he shall uncover
`arah (Hebrew #6168)
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
KJV usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Pronounce: aw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
the cedar work
'arzah (Hebrew #731)
cedar wainscoating
KJV usage: cedar work.
Pronounce: ar-zaw'
Origin: fem of 730
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κ
or, pelican.
λ
or, knops, or, chapiters.
μ
or, when he hath uncovered.

More on:

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Beast,
bittern,
Cedar,
Cormorant,
Flock,
Lintel,
Singing,
Window

Cross References

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flocks.
Zeph. 2:6• 6and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks. (Zeph. 2:6)
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Isa. 13:19‑22• 19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
 20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
 21But beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of owls; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
 22And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isa. 13:19‑22)
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Isa. 34:11‑17• 11And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.
 12Of her nobles who should proclaim the kingdom, none are there; and all her princes shall be nought.
 13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in her fortresses; and it shall be a dwelling-place of wild dogs, a court for ostriches.
 14And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilith also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.
 15There shall the arrow-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.
 16Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
 17For he himself hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them with the line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. (Isa. 34:11‑17)
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Rev. 18:2• 2And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird; (Rev. 18:2)
commorant.
or, pelican.
upper lintels.
or, knops, orchapiters.
Amos 9:1• 1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. (Amos 9:1)
for he shall uncover.
or, when he hath uncovered.
the cedar.
Jer. 22:14• 14that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion. (Jer. 22:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And flocksc shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beastsd; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid baree the cedar work.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "herds."
d
Or "numbers of beasts of every kind."
e
Or "he hath broken off."