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Zabad meaning

Zabad in Biblical Hebrew
זבד
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🔼The name Zabad: Summary

Meaning
Gift
Etymology
From the verb זבד (zabad), to give.
Related names
• Via זבד (zabad): Ammizabad, Elzabad, Jehozabad, Jozabad, Zabbai, Zabbud, Zabdi, Zabdiel, Zabud, Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebidah

🔼The name Zabad in the Bible

There are seven men named Zabad in the Bible:

  • A son of Nathan of Judah and father of Ephlal (1 Chronicles 2:37).
  • A son of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:21).
  • A son of Ahlai and mighty-man of David (1 Chronicles 11:41).
  • A son of Shimeath and one of the two assassins of king Joash (2 Chronicles 24:26 — the other's name is Jehozabad and Zabad is called Jozabad in 2 Kings 12:21).
  • And three men who divorced their foreign wives during the purge of Ezra:
    • A son of Zattu (Ezra 10:27).
    • A son of Hashum (Ezra 10:33).
    • A son of Nebo (Ezra 10:43).

🔼Etymology of the name Zabad

Our name Zabad comes from the verb זבד (zabad), meaning to give or bestow:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
זבד

The verb זבד (zabad) means to give and the noun זבד (zebed) means gift. Both these words are used only once, in Genesis 30:20. These words' more common equivalents come from the root נתן (natan).

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🔼Zabad meaning

For a meaning of the name Zabad, NOBSE Study Bible Name List suggests Gift. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Given, and BDB Theological Dictionary translates with He Hath Given or A Gift.