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

1. 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.

2. (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