Zebedee

See also: Zébédée

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaîos), from Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebadiah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛbɪdiː/, enPR: zĕbʹĭ-dē

Proper noun

Zebedee

The father of the Apostles James and John in the Bible.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:21:
  And going from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
(rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Derived terms

Zeb

Translations

biblical character

Arabic: زَبَدِي m (zabadī)
Dutch: Zebedeüs m
Esperanto: Zebedeo
French: Zébédée (fr) m
German: Zebedäus m
Greek: Ζεβεδαίος (el) m (Zevedaíos)
Ancient: Ζεβεδαῖος m (Zebedaîos)
Hebrew: זְבַדְיָה m (Z'badiyá)
Italian: Zebedeo (it) m
Japanese: ゼベダイ (Zebedai)
Latin: Zebedaeus m
Plautdietsch: Zebedäus m
Polish: Zebedeusz m
Portuguese: Zebedeu m
Russian: Зеведе́й m (Zevedéj)
Spanish: Zebedeo m
Swahili: Zebedayo

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