A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.19;

son of: Pedaiah (H6305H);

brother of: Shimei (H8096J);

father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G0010); also called Sheshbazzar at Ezr.1.8,11; 5.14,16; KJV: Zorobabel at Mat.1.12,13;

Aramaic of ze.rub.ba.vel (זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל "Zerubbabel" H2216)

§ Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon"

the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon