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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • Israelite who married a foreign wife

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Zabad, son of Hashum, was an Israelite who had married a foreign wife during the Exile.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33;
• only referred to as Zabad זָבָד.

Zabad, the son of Hashum, is listed among the men who had taken foreign wives during the Babylonian exile. This issue came to light when Ezra, the priest and scribe, returned to Jerusalem and discovered that many Israelites had intermarried with the pagan peoples of the land, contrary to God's command. Zabad was one of those who had married a foreign woman. When Ezra called for repentance, Zabad and the others agreed to separate from their foreign wives and children to preserve the holiness of the Jewish people.

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