Zebadiah

English

Etymology

Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (tsvad'yā, “gift of God, God has bestowed or endowed”). Doublet of Zebedee.

Pronunciation

enPR: zĕb'ə-dīʹə, IPA^(key): /ˌzɛbəˈdaɪə/
Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Zebadiah

One of several minor characters in the Old Testament. (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 27:7:
  The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

See also

Zeb
Zebedee

References

Worcester, Joseph E. (1861) An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language‎, Boston: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, page 374

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