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 Isaiah — 51 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.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 6:3 זֶ֤ה זֶה֙ pron dem ms pron dem ms One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
- Isaiah 6:7 זֶ֖ה pron dem ms He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."
- Isaiah 6:9 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'
- Isaiah 6:10 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn again, and be healed."
- Isaiah 8:6 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
- Isaiah 8:11 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
- Isaiah 8:12 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Don't you say, "A conspiracy!" concerning all about which this people shall say, "A conspiracy!" neither fear their fear, nor be in dread [of it].
- Isaiah 8:20 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms To the law and to the testimony! if they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
- Isaiah 9:16 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms For those who lead this people cause them to err; and those who are led of them are destroyed.
- Isaiah 14:4 הַ/זֶּ֛ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms that you shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isaiah 14:16 הֲ/זֶ֤ה ptcl inter + pron dem ms Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
- Isaiah 14:28 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
- Isaiah 16:13 זֶ֣ה pron dem ms This is the word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in time past.
- Isaiah 17:14 זֶ֚ה pron dem ms At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
- Isaiah 20:6 הַ/זֶּה֮ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms The inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 21:9 זֶ֥ה pron dem ms and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
- Isaiah 22:14 הַ/זֶּ֤ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Yahweh of Hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 22:15 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, [and say],
- Isaiah 23:13 זֶ֤ה pron dem ms Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces of it; they made it a ruin.
- Isaiah 24:3 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
- Isaiah 25:6 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms In this mountain will Yahweh of Hosts make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- Isaiah 25:7 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
- Isaiah 25:9 זֶ֛ה זֶ֤ה pron dem ms pron dem ms It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 25:10 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms For in this mountain will the hand of Yahweh rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dung-hill.
- Isaiah 26:1 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 27:9 וְ/זֶ֕ה conj + pron dem ms Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
- Isaiah 28:11 הַ/זֶּֽה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms No, but by [men of] strange lips and with another language will he speak to this people;
- Isaiah 28:14 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Why hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
- Isaiah 29:11 זֶ֑ה pron dem ms All vision is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I can't, for it is sealed:
- Isaiah 29:12 זֶ֑ה pron dem ms and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I am not learned.
- Isaiah 29:13 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms The Lord said, Because this people draw near [to me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught [them];
- Isaiah 29:14 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
- Isaiah 30:12 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
- Isaiah 30:13 הַ/זֶּ֔ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- Isaiah 30:21 זֶ֤ה pron dem ms and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
- Isaiah 36:4 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
- Isaiah 36:6 הַ/זֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
- Isaiah 36:7 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God: isn't that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
- Isaiah 37:3 הַ/זֶּ֑ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
- Isaiah 37:22 זֶ֣ה pron dem ms this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
- Isaiah 37:30 וְ/זֶה conj + pron dem ms This shall be the sign to you: you shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
- Isaiah 38:7 וְ/זֶה הַ/זֶּ֖ה conj + pron dem ms ptcl def.art + pron dem ms This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken:
- Isaiah 39:6 הַ/זֶּ֖ה ptcl def.art + pron dem ms Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 44:5 זֶ֤ה וְ/זֶ֖ה וְ/זֶ֗ה pron dem ms conj + pron dem ms conj + pron dem ms One shall say, I am Yahweh's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand to Yahweh, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
- Isaiah 50:1 זֶ֠ה pron dem ms Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
- Isaiah 56:12 כָ/זֶה֙ prep + pron dem ms Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
- Isaiah 58:5 הֲ/כָ/זֶ֗ה הֲ/לָ/זֶה֙ ptcl inter + prep + pron dem ms ptcl inter + prep + pron dem ms Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- Isaiah 58:6 זֶה֮ pron dem ms Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
- Isaiah 63:1 זֶ֣ה זֶ֚ה pron dem ms pron dem ms Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Isaiah 66:1 זֶ֥ה זֶ֥ה pron dem ms pron dem ms Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
- Isaiah 66:2 זֶ֣ה pron dem ms For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, says Yahweh: but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
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.
