vinsight4u posted in message #22 of this thread:
The word house in Zec. 5.
1004 bayith (bah'-yith);
probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation
of applications, especially family, etc.):
KJV-- court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great
as would contain, hangings, home [born], [winter] house (-hold),
inside (-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple,
web, + within (-out).
Strong's
Greetings.
Note that Strong's Hebrew Dictionary indicated above that the
original Hebrew word translated as "house" in Zechariah 5:11 can
be translated as "temple". That's how the word is translated five
times in 2 Kings 11:10-13: "the temple of <H1004> the LORD"; "the
temple <H1004>"; "the temple <H1004>"; "the temple <H1004>";
"the temple of <H1004> the LORD". And that's how the word is
translated in 1 Chronicles 6:10: "the temple <H1004>". And that's
how the word is translated in 1 Chronicles 10:10: "the temple of
<H1004> Dagon". And that's how the word is translated three times
in 2 Chronicles 23:10: "the temple <H1004>"; "the temple <H1004>";
"the temple <H1004>". And that's how the word is translated in
2 Chronicles 35:20: "the temple <H1004>". So Zechariah 5:11 could
very well be referring to a "temple".
vinsight4u posted in message #22 of this thread:
Brown-Driver-Briggs
1004 bayith-
1) a house
a) a house, a dwelling habitation
b) a shelter or an abode of animals
c) human bodies (figurative)
d) used of Sheol
e) used of the abode of light and darkness
f) used of the land of Ephraim
2) a place
3) a receptacle
4) a home, a house as containing a family
5) a household, a family
a) those belonging to the same household
b) a family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaphorical)
8) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament: temple
as an adverb:
9) on the inside
as a preposition:
10) within
Note that the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Dictionary similarly
indicated above in definition #8 that that the original Hebrew word
translated as "house" in Zechariah 5:11 can mean "temple".
vinsight4u posted in message #22 of this thread:
For both Zec. 5:4 and 5:11<
The curse was not out looking for a temple. It was hunting for the
land's house (throne) that is guilty, so it could consume it.
Note that the curse in Zechariah 5:3-4 is looking for any person on
the face of the earth who steals anything or who swears anything
falsely in the name of YHWH.
vinsight4u posted in message #22 of this thread:
But Shinar had fallen - was gone from power and so her house must
rise again
Note that Zechariah 5:11 doesn't refer to a house being built for
Shinar, but a house, or temple, being built for wickedness (Zechariah
5:8) in Shinar. Because it is the Antichrist who is called "that Wicked"
(2 Thessalonians 2:8), and because Shinar is located in modern-day
Iraq, Zechariah 5:11 could refer to a temple which the Antichrist will
build for himself in Iraq, possibly in the literal, rebuilt city of Babylon.
