What Does Zechariah 6:9 Mean in the King James?

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Zechariah 6:9 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Hebrew word translated “word” can also mean “matter” or “thing,” so the address arrives carrying substance.

THE MEANING

This verse names an encounter that remains present: the LORD’s word comes to a person and speaks. The Hebrew davar holds “word” and “matter” together, so divine speech carries substance as it reaches you.

THE ROOT

דָּבָר

davar

GROWS FROM

דבר

d-b-r

To speak; the related noun means word, matter, or thing.

Davar can name both a spoken word and a matter or thing. English preserves the speech but can hide the sense of matter, holding the arriving address and its substance together.

ALSO GROWS

dibber: To speak or utter.

דִּבֵּר

This verbal branch makes clear that the word arriving to Zechariah is living speech.

devarim: Words, matters, or things.

דְּבָרִים

This plural branch keeps speech and matter joined in the same word family.

THE PATTERN

God’s word reaches people as a speaking address and carries active force beyond mere information.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:1 · KJVThe word arrives to Abram as an address that speaks directly into his present.

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Luke 3:2 · KJVThe word comes to John as an encounter that reaches a person where he is.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 · KJVThe word is living and active, carrying force beyond a message that is merely heard.

THE THREAD

Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

Jeremiah 1:9 · KJV

Jeremiah’s ⁨דְּבָרַי⁩ (devarai, my words) belongs to the same ⁨דָּבָר⁩ (davar, word or matter) family at the center of Zechariah’s verse. The word arrives in Zechariah and, in Jeremiah, becomes words placed in a mouth.

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