זֶה
this
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Pronoun
- A word standing in for a noun (“he,” “this,” “who”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H2088 appears in the Book of 2 Chronicles — 46 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 הַ/זֶּ֖ה הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 6:15 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 הַ/זֶּה֙ הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms ptcl def.art + pron dem ms that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:21 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Listen you to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 הַ/זֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
- 2 Chronicles 6:29 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 6:33 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:12 הַ/זֶּ֛ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 הַ/זֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 הַ/זֶּה֙ הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms ptcl def.art + pron dem ms This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
- 2 Chronicles 8:8 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did Solomon raise a levy [of bondservants] to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 מִ/זֶּ֥ה וּ/מִ/זֶּ֖ה prep + pron dem ms conj + prep + pron dem ms nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 מִ/זֶּ֣ה וּ/מִ/זֶּ֑ה prep + pron dem ms conj + prep + pron dem ms Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 10:6 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?
- 2 Chronicles 10:7 הַ/זֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
- 2 Chronicles 10:9 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
- 2 Chronicles 10:19 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 11:4 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.
- 2 Chronicles 18:19 זֶ֚ה וְ/זֶ֖ה pron dem ms conj + pron dem ms Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
- 2 Chronicles 18:23 זֶ֤ה pron dem ms Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Yahweh from me to speak to you?
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 זֶ֖ה pron dem ms and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 הַ/זֶּה֙ הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms ptcl def.art + pron dem ms If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- 2 Chronicles 21:10 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 23:4 זֶ֥ה pron dem ms This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
- 2 Chronicles 25:9 מִ/זֶּֽה prep + pron dem ms Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
- 2 Chronicles 32:9 זֶ֗ה pron dem ms After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 33:7 הַ/זֶּ֜ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27 הַ/זֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 35:19 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
זה (zeh) is a Hebrew word most often rendered “this.” It also covers “this one”, “here”, and “which”, alongside “this” — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 1,061 verses — among the most common. Debuting at Genesis 5:1, it then recurs through the corpus. Related forms include גה, דא and זה. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2088 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,061
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,061 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #31
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 31 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,061 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,061 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 569 verses · 54%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 310 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 182 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: This 6×, Other 3×, Hence 2×
- American Standard Version: This 7×, Hence 2×, Here 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: This 627×, These 54×, Is this 27×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: This 890×, One 48×, Is this 44×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2088 across 37 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2088 across 37 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2088 across 984 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 84 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 192 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2088 across 1,222 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 41 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
27 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 27 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. standing alone:
- a. this one, sometimes contemptuously (especially with אֵת), Gn 2:23 לָזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקֳּחָה־זֹּאת, 5:29 זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנוּ …, 12:12; 38:28 Ex 10:7 עַד מָתַי יִהְיֶה זֶה לָנוּ לְמוֹקֵשׁ, 1 S 10:27 מַה יּוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ זֶה how shall this man save us? 16:8, 9; 21:16 that ye have brought אֶת־זֶה this fellow to play the madman against me? 25:21 in vain have I kept אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָזֶה all that this fellow hath etc. 2 S 13:17 אֶת־זֹאת, 1 K 22:27 אֶת־זֶה, Mi 5:4 Is 66:2; as a genit., Gn 29:27, 28 1 K 21:2; with a collective force Lv 11:4, 9 (= Dt 14:7, 9), v 21, 29 Ju 20:16, 17 (כָּל־זֶה), Jb 19:19 (with a plural verb). In a purely neuter sense (of an act, event, announcement, etc.) זאת is most common, as with עשׂה to do this Gn 3:14; 20:5, 6; 45:19 and often, שׁמעו זאת Am 8:4 Is 47:8; 48:1, 16; 51:21 al.; Gn 41:39 Ex 17:14 Dt 32:6 Ju 7:14; 21:3 לָמָה … הָֽיְתָה זֹאת (cf. Jb 1:13 ψ 118:23) 1 K 11:39 2 S 7:19 2 K 3:18 +; אֵין זֹאת 1 Sa 20:2b cf. Am 2:11; rarely so with אֶת־ †Jos 22:24 Je 9:11 ψ 92:7; as an accus. of limit., as regards this, in this, Ez 20:27; 36:37 Jb 19:26 (si vera l.), 33:12 in this thou art not just; (late) אַחֲרֵי זֹאת †Jb 42:16 Ezr 9:10, א׳ כל־זאת †2 Ch 21:18; 35:20; pointing forward to a foll. a clause, Gn 42:18; 43:11 Nu 8:24; 14:35 Is 56:2 Jb 10:13 etc.; Ex 9:16 1 S 25:31 Is 1:12 מִי בִקֵּשׁ זאת מִיֶּדְכֶם רְמֹס חֲצֵרָֽי׃; to one introduced by כִּי 2 S 19:22 ψ 102:19; 119:50, 56 (see also בְּזֹאת 6 b β): but זֶה also sometimes occurs similarly Ex 13:8 Pr 24:12 Jb 15:17 Ne 2:2 Ec 1:17; 2:15 גם זה הבל (so v 19, 21, 23 +), 7:18(×2); of a concrete obj., Ex 30:31 2 K 4:43 מָה אֶתֵּן זֶה לִפְנֵי מֵאָה אִישׁ: in late Heb., Ne 13:6 בְּכָל־זֶה during all this, 2 Ch 32:9 אַחַר זֶה; pointing forwards La 5:17 f. to כִּי ψ 56:10 Je 22:21. (See also below, 6 g.) e.g. Genesis 2:23
- b. repeated זֶה … זֶה, this … that, the one … the other or (if indefinite) another, Gn 29:27 (זֹאת), Ex 14:20 וְלֹא קָרַב זֶה אֶל זֶה, 1 K 3:23; 22:20 Is 6:3; 44:5 (3 times), ψ 75:8 זֶה יַשְׁפִּיל וְזֶה יָרִים, Jb 1:16–18; 21:23, 25 +. e.g. Genesis 29:27
- 2. In appos. to a subst.:
- a. preceding it (rare) Ex 32:1, 23 זֶה מֹשֶׁה, Ju 5:5 (= ψ 68:9) זֶה סִינַי this Sinai, Jos 9:12 זֶה לַחְמֵנוּ this our bread, 1 K 14:14 2 K 6:33 Is 23:13 זֶה הָעָם, ψ 34:7; 49:14; 104:25 זה הים גדול וג׳ this sea there is great and broad, 118:20 Ct 7:8 Ezr 3:12. (Cf. זוּ Hb 1:11.) e.g. Exodus 32:1
- b. following it:—(α) when the subst. is determined by a pron. affix, Gn 24:8 שְׁבוּעָתִי זֹאת, this my oath, Dt 5:29(26) O that לְבָבָם זֶה this their heart (their present temper) might continue always! 21:20 Jos 2:14, 20 דְּבָרֵנוּ זֶה, Ju 6:14 go בְּכֹחֲךָ זֶה in this thy strength, Dn 10:17 2 Ch 24:18 (Cf. אֵלָּה, a.) Rarely when it is undetermined, 2 K 1:2 חֳלִי זֶה (so 8:8, 9), ψ 80:15. (β) with the art., הַזֶּה, הַזֹּאת, after a subst. determained also by the art., Gn 7:1 בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה, v 13 הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, 12:7 הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת, 15:7; 17:21, 23 Dt 4:6 הגוי הגדול הזה, and continually. Not however after a n.pr., except such as are construed with the art., as הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה Gn 32:11 Dt 3:27; 31:2 Jos 1:2, 11; 4:22, הַלְּבָנוֹן הַזֶּה Jos 1:4, cf. Nu 27:12 = Dt 32:49 (2 K 5:20 הַזֶּה belongs to הָאֲרַמִּי): and hardly ever (2 Ch 1:10) after a noun with a pron. affix (Jos 2:17 מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵךְ הַזֶּה the gender of הזה shews that the text is in error: v. Dr§ 209 Obs.). e.g. Genesis 24:8
- 3. More often as pred., as 1 S 24:17 הֲקוֹלְךָ זֶה, 2 K 3:23 דָּם זֶה this is blood, 9:37 זֹאת אִיזָֽבֶל׃, Ez 5:5 etc.; הֲזֶה Is 14:16, הֲזֹאת 23:7 La 2:15; often at the beginning or close of enumerations (especially P), descriptions, injunctions, etc., as Gn 5:1 זה ספר this is the book …, 9:12 זֹאת אוֹת הַבְּרִית, 17:10; 20:13 זֶה חַסְדֵּךְ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂי עִמָּדִי, Lv 6:2, 13, 18; 7:1, 11 Dt 6:1; 33:1 Jos 13:2 Jb 27:13 Is 58:6 etc.; זה הדבר אשׁר … Ex 16:16; 35:4 Jos 5:4 Ju 20:9; 21:11 Is 37:22 Je 38:21 +, cf. זה אשׁר … this is what (or how) … Gn 6:15 Ex 29:38 Je 33:16; זֶה לְךָ הָאוֹת Ex 3:12 1 S 2:34 +; at the end, Lv 7:37; 11:46; 13:50 Nu 5:21; 7:17, 23 etc., Jos 19:8, 16, 23 etc., Is 14:26; 16:13 (זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר …), 17:14; 54:17 Je 13:25 ψ 109:20 Ct 5:16(×2) Jb 5;27, in the latter case sometimes with the force of such (i.e. such as has been described), 18:21; 20:29 (cf. אֵלֶּה ψ 73:12), ψ 24:6; 48:15 such (= such a one) is God, our God, for ever (Hi De) Zp 2:15; cf. Jb 14:3 אַף־עַל־זֶה upon one such as this (v 1, 2) dost thou open thy eyes? e.g. 1 Samuel 24:17
- 4. It is attached enclitically, almost as an adv., to certain words, especially interrog. pronouns, to impart, in a manner often not reproducible in Engl. idiom, directness and force, bringing the question or statement made into close relation with the speaker. (Contrast from this point of view מי זה and מי הוא: v. הוא 4 b.) Thus
- a. אֵי־זֶה15 where, then? Jb 28:12 אֵי־זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָה, v 20 38:19 b (v. other exx. sub אַי 1 b, p. 32). e.g. Job 28:12
- b. מִי־זֶה, †1 S 17:55, 56 בֶּן־מִי־זֶה֖ הָעָֽלֶם׃ the son of whom, here, is the lad? Je 49:19 (= 50:44) וּמִי זֶה רֹעֶה אֲשֶׁר וג׳ and who (emph.) is the shepherd that etc., La 3:37 ψ 24:8 Who is the King of glory? (for which in v 10 the stronger מִי הוּא זֶה is said: so Je 30:21 Est 7:5), 25:12. Elsewhere, the rend. Who is this … is admissible: Is 63:1 Je 46:7 Jb 38:2; 42:3; cf. מִי־זֹאת Ct 3:6; 6:10; 8:5. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:55
- c. מַה־זֶּה how, now? Gn 27:20 Ju 18:24 וּמַה־זֶּה תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי and how, now, do ye say to me …? 1 K 21:5 2 K 1:5; what, now? (τίποτε;) 1 S 10:11 מַה־זֶּה הָיָה לְבֶן־קִישׁ; עַל־מַה־זֶּה for what? Ne 2:4: contracted into מַזֶּה Ex 4:2. (Cf. Aramaic מָדֵין why? ܡܳܕܶܝܢ used as a conj. therefore, e.g. 2 S 18:22 𝔖, PS2013: both formed similarly.) e.g. Genesis 27:20
- d. מַה־זֹּאת in the phrase (עֲשִׂיתֶם, עָשִׂית) מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ Gn 3:13; 12:18; 26:10; 29:25; 42:28 Ex 14:11 Ju 2:2 15:11 +. Either What, now, hast thou (have ye) done? (Fl De) or What is this (that) thou hast (ye have) done? (The Arabic grammarians dispute on the precise construction of the corresp. phrase in Arabic مَا ذَا صَنَعْتَ; De Gen. 3:13 (ed. 4), and especially FlKl.Schr. i. 356 Lane p. 948.) e.g. Genesis 3:13
- e. לָֽמָּה־זֶּה wherefore, now? Gn 18:13; 25:22; 32:30 Ex 5:22 Nu 11:20 + often Cf. Arabic لِهَا ذَا e.g. Genesis 18:13
- f. הַאַתָּה זֶה †2 S 2:20 האתה זה עשׂהאל Art thou Asahel? 1 K 18:7, 17, without הֲ Gn 27:24; in an indirect question Gn 27:21. e.g. 2 Samuel 2:20
- g. הִנֵּה זֶה behold, here … †1 K 19:5 (in narrative), Is 21:9 Ct 2:8, 9. Cf. Nu 13:17 (unusual) עֲלוּ זֶה בַּנֶּגֶב go up here in the South. e.g. 1 Kings 19:5
- h. עַתָּה זֶה, †1 K 17:24 עַתָּה זֶה יָדַעְתִּי now I know that …, 2 K 5:22 just now. Also e.g. 1 Kings 17:24
- i. prefixed to expressions denoting a period of time: Gn 27:36 he hath supplanted me זֶה פַעֲמַיִם now two times (so 43:10), 31:38 now, already twenty years, v 41 (זֶה־לִּי …), 45:6 Nu 14:22 now ten times, 22:28, 32 זֶה שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים, Dt 8:2, 4 Jos 22:3 זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים, 2 S 14:2 +; Zc 7:3 זֶה כַּמָּה שָׁנִים already how many years! cf. Ru 2:7 Je 50:17. e.g. Genesis 27:36
- 5. In poetry, as a relative pron. (rare: but see also זוֹ, זוּ): ψ 74:2 athe hill of Zion זה שׁכנת בּוֹ wherein thou dwellest, 78:54; 104:8 אל־מְקום זה to the place (st. c. Ges§ 130. 3) which … v 26 Pr 23:22 Is 25:9; = that which Jb 15:17, those who 19:19 (so once, Ex 13:8, even in prose). In some of the passages cited the punctuators, by coupling זה with the preceding subst., and separating it from what follows by a disj. accent (as הַר־זֶ֝֗ה), appear not to have recognised its relative sense, but to have construed, ‘this mountain, (which) thy right hand,’ etc. e.g. Psalms 74:2
- 6. With prefixes (in special senses):—
- a. בָּזֶה15 in this (place), here, Gn 38:21, 22 Ex 24:14 Nu 23:1(×2) 1 S 1:26; 9:11 +; of time, then, †Est 2:13 Once בַּזֶּה 1 S 21:10. e.g. Genesis 38:21
- b. בְּזֹאת (α) with this = on these conditions, Gn 34:15, 22 1 S 11:2 Is 27:9; = herewith, thus provided Lv 16:3. (β) by or through this (especially with יָדַע), Gn 42:15, 33 Ex 7:17 Nu 16:28 Jos 3:10 ψ 41:12; so בָּזֹאת Mal 3:10. (γ) in spite of this, Lv 26:27 ψ 27:3, for which the fuller בְּכָל־זֹאת occurs, Is 5:25; 9:11, 16, 20; 10:4 ψ 78:32 Je 3:10 Ho 7:10. (δ) בָּזֹאת for this cause (late style) †1 Ch 27:24 2 Ch 19:2; in this matter 20:17. e.g. Genesis 34:15
- c. כָּזֶה (α) †Gn 41:38 הֲנִמְצָא כָזֶה אִישׁ אשׁר …, Is 56:12; 58:5 Je 5:9 גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר כָּזֶה (so v 29; 9:8). (β) כָּזֹה וְכָזֶה thus and thus, †Ju 18:4 2 S 11:25 1 K 14:5. e.g. Genesis 41:38
- d. כְּזֹאת the like of this = as follows, †Gn 45:23; כָּזֹאת the like of this = things such as these Ju 13:23 (c. השׁמיע), 15:7; 19:30 לא נראתה כָּזֹאת, 1 S 4:7 (cf. Je 2:10 2 Ch 30:26), 2 S 14:13 (c. חשׁב), Is 66:8 (c. שׁמע), Ezr 7:27; = accordingly, to that effect (c. דִּבֶּר) 2 Ch 34:22; = in like manner Ju 8:8; = thus (as has been described) 1 K 7:37 1 Ch 29:14 2 Ch 31:20; 32:15: כָּזֹאת וְכָזֹאת thus and thus †Jos 7:20 2 S 17:15(×2) 2 K 5:4; 9:12. e.g. Genesis 45:23
- e. מִזֶּה from here, hence Gn 37:17; 42:15; 50:25 Ex 11:1(×2) 13:3 Dt 9:12 + often: מִזֶּה … מִזֶּה on one side … on the other side Ex 17:12 מזה אחד ומזה אחד, 25:19; 26:13; 32:15 מזה ומזה הם כתובים, Nu 22:24 1 S 14:4 1 K 10:19, 20 Zc 5:3 +; מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לְ on one side and on the other side of … Ex 38:15 Jos 8:33 Ez 45:7; 48:21. e.g. Genesis 37:17
- f. עַל זֶה on this account (rare), La 5:17 (pointing forwards), Est 6:3. So עַל זֹאת Am 8:8 Mi 1:8 Je 2:12 (Jb 17:8) 4:8, 28 ψ 32:6; in late prose Ezr 8:23; 9:15; 10:2 Ne 13:14 2 Ch 16:9, 10; 29:9; 32:20. e.g. Lamentations 5:17
- g. עִם זֶה in spite of this †Ne 5:18.—On אֵי זֶה which? אֵי מִזֶּה whence? אֵי לָזֹאת how? v. sub אַי 2, p. 32; and on הַלָּז, הַלָּזֶה, הַלֵּזוּ, v. p. 229. e.g. Nehemiah 5:18
- —זֶה in 1 S 17:34 (in many edd.) is a typographical error (not a Kt) of Jacob b. Chayim’s Rabbin. Bible of 1525 for שׂה sheep, which has been perpetuated hence in other subseq. edd. The reading of MSS. and of the best ancient edd. is שֶׂה (cf. de RossiVar. Lect. ii. 151). e.g. 1 Samuel 17:34
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
demonstr. pron. and adv. fem. זֹאת, once זֹאתה, Jer 26:6 Kt (also זֹה and זוֹ, q.v.); comm. זוּ (q.v.): this, here (the element ז = ذ = ܕ is widely diffused in the Semitic languages, as a demonstr. particle, often acquiring, like Engl. that, Germ. der, die, das, the force of a relative. Thus a. Ph. זֶ this (e.g. קבר ז this grave), also sometimes זן, f. זא, comm. אז (v. CIS I. i. 1:4, 5, 6, 12; 44:1; 88:2 etc.); Aramaic of Nineveh, Babylon, Têma, Egypt, זי as mark of the genit. [lit. that of] (CIS II. i. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., 65, 67–71, 113, 114, 141, 142, etc.), זנה this (ib. 113:22; 145 C2), f. זא 113:15; 145 B5; Aramaic of Zinijirli ז, זן, זנה this, זי which (DHMSendsch. 56); Ethiopic ዝ ze, this, f. ዛ zā, ዘ za, who (masc.), also (like זִי, and דִּי, דְּ [v. infr.]) in common use as a mark of the genitive; b. Arabic ذَا this, fem. ذِى, ذُو (gen. ذِى, acc. ذَا, fem. ذَاتُ), possessor of (lit. that of …, i.e. one who owns), or in the Ṭayyite dialect, who, which: from ذَا, with هَا lo! prefixed, هَاذَا this, f. هَاذِهِ, with the pron. element -k affixed, ذَاكَ = this: with ’al (= the art.) + a demonstr. element la prefixed, أَلَّذِى who, which (in origin = Heb. הַלָּזֶה this, q.v.); Sab. דֿן this, f. דֿת, דֿ who, which, f. דֿת (PräZMG. 1872, 419, DHMZMG. 1883, 338 f., also Epigr. Denkm. 65); c. Biblical Aramaic דִּי which, דֵּךְ, דִּכֵּן, דְּנָה (q.v.) this, f. דָּא (= זֹאת), דָּךְ; Palm. and Nab. די which, דנה this; 𝔗 דְּ which, דֵּין, דֵּיכֵי this, f. דָּא; with הא lo! prefixed, הָדֵין, הָדָא (Syriac ܗܳܢ, ܗܳܢܳܐ, contr. from ܗܳܕܶܢ), ܗܳܕܶܐ; Syriac ܕ who, which; Sam. ד who, which, דנ this, f. דה; Mand. ד who, which, דהֿ this (rare), more commonly האדין, האזין (NöMand § 80, 81). Alike in Heb. and the other dialects, the corresp. plur. is derived from a different source: Heb. אֵלָּה, Ph. אל, Ethiopic ’ellū, ’ellā, these, ’ella, who, Arabic أُولَى, these, أُولُوا, أُولَى owners of, Sab. אלן these, אל, אלי who, which, Aramaic אִלֵּין, with הא lo! prefixed, ܗܳܠܶܝܢ, Sam. ࠀࠋࠉࠍ, Mand. עלין. Only the Arabic اَلَّذِى forms its own pl. اَلَّذِينَ V. further WSG 107 ff.)—
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Origin: a primitive word
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
זֶה
- (b. h.) this, that. Men. 53ᵇ יבא זה וכ׳ let this one come and receive this &c.; זה זה משה ‘this one’ that means Moses; זאת זו התורה ‘this’—that means the Law. Gen. R. s. 4 לגיון זה this legion; a. v. fr.—זֶהוּ = זה הוא, this is. Sabb. 40ᵇ הפשרו זהו בישולו (also זה הוא) warming it is the cooking of it, v. הֶפְשֵׁר; a. fr.—Gitt. VIII, 4 אי זֹהו Y. ed. (Mish. אֵיזֶהוּ); a. v. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 109 distinct written forms H2088 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הַ/זֶּֽה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 1:6 | 175 |
| הַ/זֶּ֑ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Daniel 1:14 | 127 |
| הַ/זֶּ֔ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 3:28 | 126 |
| הַ/זֶּ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Daniel 10:11 | 95 |
| הַ/זֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 5:24 | 80 |
| זֶ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 2:7 | 54 |
| זֶ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 8:4 | 42 |
| הַ/זֶּ֗ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Amos 3:1 | 34 |
| זֶ֤ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 7:14 | 29 |
| זֶ֥ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 1:17 | 29 |
| הַ/זֶּ֜ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 31:16 | 20 |
| זֶ֛ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 8:2 | 20 |
| הַ/זֶּ֛ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 22:16 | 19 |
| זֶה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 14:9 | 14 |
| זֶ֔ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Daniel 10:17 | 12 |
| זֶ֚ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ezekiel 41:22 | 12 |
| מִ/זֶּ֔ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 9:12 | 12 |
| וְ/זֶה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 3:12 | 11 |
| זֶֽה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 7:10 | 11 |
| מִ/זֶּ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 7:18 | 11 |
| זֶ֑ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Daniel 10:17 | 9 |
| זֶ֗ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 13:8 | 9 |
| מִ/זֶּ֑ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 11:1 | 9 |
| וְ/זֶ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ezekiel 43:13 | 7 |
| זֶ֨ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 2:3 | 7 |
| זֶה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 3:15 | 7 |
| זֶּ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Esther 4:5 | 7 |
| זֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 2:20 | 7 |
| מִ/זֶּ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ezekiel 45:7 | 7 |
| מִ/זֶּ֥ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 26:13 | 7 |
| מִ/זֶּֽה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 6:5 | 7 |
| הַ/זֶּ֤ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 12:14 | 5 |
| וְ/זֶ֥ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 3:15 | 5 |
| זֶּ֥ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Amos 5:18 | 5 |
| מִ/זֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 26:13 | 5 |
| בָ/זֶ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Genesis 38:21 | 4 |
| בָּ/זֶ֔ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 7:18 | 4 |
| בָּ/זֶ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | 1 Samuel 9:11 | 4 |
| הַ֠/זֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Haggai 2:14 | 4 |
| וְ/זֶ֕ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 14:12 | 4 |
| וְ/זֶ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ezra 7:11 | 4 |
| וְ/זֶֽה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Ecclesiastes 2:10 | 4 |
| וּ/מִ/זֶּ֖ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 26:13 | 4 |
| וּ/מִ/זֶּ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 17:12 | 4 |
| זֶ֝֗ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Job 28:20 | 4 |
| זֶּ֛ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Genesis 27:20 | 4 |
| הַ/זֶּ֡ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | 1 Kings 12:10 | 3 |
| הַ/זֶּה֒ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 12:12 | 3 |
| הַ/זֶּה֮ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Genesis 39:9 | 3 |
| וְ/זֶ֨ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 29:1 | 3 |
| וְ/זֶה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 19:4 | 3 |
| וְ/זֶה֮ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Deuteronomy 15:2 | 3 |
| זֶ֠ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | 2 Kings 5:22 | 3 |
| זֶה֮ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Isaiah 58:6 | 3 |
| זֶּ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Exodus 4:2 | 3 |
| כָּ/זֶ֔ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Jeremiah 5:9 | 3 |
| בָּ/זֶ֑ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Genesis 48:9 | 2 |
| הַ/זֶּ֥ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Genesis 31:48 | 2 |
| וְ/זֶ֗ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Isaiah 44:5 | 2 |
| וְ/זֶ֤ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Singular | Jeremiah 50:17 | 2 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 49 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2088, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,006 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,061 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:1
- Exodus 1:18
- Leviticus 6:20
- Numbers 7:17
- Deuteronomy 1:6
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:21
- Ruth 2:7
- 1 Samuel 1:26
- 2 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Kings 1:27
- 2 Kings 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.