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title: זְבַדְיָה — Zebadiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְבַדְיָה (2069), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Zebadiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְבַדְיָה

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«זְבַדְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zebadiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2069 · **BDB:** זְבַדְיָהוּ

### Glosses

Zebadiah (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zebadiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2069/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2069/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath bestowed, cf. יְהוֹזָבָד, \& reff., also זַבְדִּיאֵל supr.)—זְבַדְיָהוּ Levites, 1 Ch 26:2; 2 Ch 17:8. an officer of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 19:11. זְבַדְיָה Benjamites, 1 Ch 8:15; 1 Ch 8:17. one of David’s men 1 Ch 12:8. an officer of David 1 Ch 27:7. a returning exile Ezr 8:8. one of priestly house Ezr 10:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְבַדְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2069/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.15/)

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וּזְבַדְיָ֥ה וַעֲרָ֖ד וָעָֽדֶר׃

*Word for word:* and Zebadiah and Arad and Eder

*JPS 1917:* and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder;

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[Ezra 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.20/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֣י אִמֵּ֔ר חֲנָ֖נִי וּזְבַדְיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.sons of.Immer Hanani and Zebadiah

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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