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Haggai 1 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Haggai 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Haggai 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חַגַּי | Chaggay | H2292 | 4 | Chaggai |
| יְהוֹצָדָק | Yᵉhôwtsâdâq | H3087 | 3 | Jehotsadak |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 5 | mass, army |
| שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל | Shᵉʼaltîyʼêl | H7597 | 3 | Shealtiel |
| זְרֻבָּבֶל | Zᵉrubbâbel | H2216 | 3 | Zerubbabel |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 5 | people, tribe |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 3 | Jehoshua |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Haggai 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The people returned to God in the way of duty. In attending to God's ministers, we must have respect to him that sent them. The word of the Lord has success, when by his grace he stirs up our spirits to comply with it. It is in the day of Divine power we are made willing. When God has work to be done, he will either find or make men fit to do it. Every one helped, as his ability was; and this they did with a regard to the Lord as their God. Those who have lost time, need to redeem time; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Haggai 1:12–30 (Public Domain)
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