Zechariah 1:8
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רָכַב
râkab
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
יְסוֹד
yᵉçôwd
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָכַב râkab
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
Study H7392 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great swo...
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t...
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and ...
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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