Lexical Definition

‎זָבָד‎ Zâbâd (zaw-bawd') Zabad ^N:N-M-P
from ‎זָבַד‎; giver

Zabad.

• § Zabad = "he endows"
• Zabad, the name of seven Israelites

1) a descendant of Judah; son of Nathan, grandson of Attai, great grandson of Ahlai Sheshan's daughter
2) son of Tahath
3) one of David's mighty warriors (could be the same as 1 above)
4) son of Shimeath, an Ammonitess; a conspirator against and, with Jehozabad, the murderer of Joash (also called 'Jozachar')
5) one of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at the command of Ezra
6) one of the descendants of Hashum, who, in the time of Ezra, had a foreign wife
7) one of the sons of Nebo, who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זָבָד‎ proper name, masculine (he hath given, or, a gift; compare Sabean proper name ‎זבדם‎ Hal¹⁶⁸ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 15}, ‎זביד‎ DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 50} = ; also Late Hebrew proper name ‎זביד‎) —

1. a descendant of Judah 1Chr 2:36; 1Chr 2:37.

2. an Ephraimite 1Chr 7:21.

3. one of David's valiant men 1Chr 11:41.

4. one of the murderers of Joash of Judah 2Chr 24:26 (ᵐ5 Ζαβελ, Ζαβεθ, Ζαβαθ), called ‎יוֺזָכָר‎ (q. v. below ‎הוה‎, ‎יהוה‎) 2Kgs 12:22*.

5. name of three returned exiles who had taken strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:27
b. vEzra 10:33
c. vEzra 10:43.

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