🔼The name Zabud: Summary
- Meaning
- Bestowed
- Etymology
- From the verb זבד (zabad), to give.
🔼The name Zabud in the Bible
The name Zabud occurs only once in the Bible. Zabud is a son of Nathan, a priest, and the friend of king Solomon (1 Kings 4:5).
🔼Etymology of the name Zabud
Our name Zabud comes from the verb זבד (zabad), meaning to give:
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).
🔼Zabud meaning
For a meaning of the name Zabud, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Bestowed. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes the rather redundant Gift Bestowed. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate this name.