Lexical Definition

‎זַבְדִּי‎ Zabdîy (zab-dee') Zabdi ^N:N-M-P
from ‎זֶבֶד‎; giving

Zabdi.

• § Zabdi = "endowment"
• Zabdi, the name of four Israelites

1) son of Zerah and grandson of Judah; grandfather of Achan
2) one of the sons of Shimhi, a Benjamite
3) an officer of David, in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine-cellars
4) son of Asaph the minstrel; also called 'Zaccur' and 'Zichri'

See Greek: Ζεβεδαῖος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זַבְדִּי‎ proper name, masculine (compare Arabic gift;? gift of ‎׳‎‎י‎, see Dr^{Stud. Bib. i. 5 & references}; perhaps my gift, gift to me: compare ‎זַבְדִּיאֵל‎; in Late Hebrew proper name ‎זבדי‎ (‎זַבְדִּי‎ or ‎זַבְדַּי‎?); NT Ζεβεδαῖος, e.g. Mark 1:19, ᵑ6 , Zebedee) —

1. grandfather of Achan, of Judah (ᵐ5 Ζαμβρ(ε)ι etc., ᵐ5^L Ζαβδ(ε)ι) Josh 7:1 (app. = ‎זִמְרִי‎ 1Chr 2:6, ᵐ5 Ζαμβρ(ε)ι) v1Chr 2:17 v1Chr 2:18.

2. a Benjamite 1Chr 8:19.

3. an officer of David 1Chr 27:27.

4. a Levite Neh 11:17 (omitted by B; A Ζεχρι, ᵐ5^L Ζεχρει) probably read ‎זִכְרִי‎, as || 1Chr 9:15.

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