Lexical Definition

‎זְבַדְיָה‎ Zᵉbadyâh (zeb-ad-yaw') Zebadiah ^N:N-M-P
or זְבַדְיָהוּ Zᵉbadyâhûw (zebad-yaw'-hoo); from ‎זָבַד‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has given

Zebadiah.

• § Zebadiah = "endowment of Jehovah"
• Zebadjah, the name of nine Israelites

1) a Benjamite of the sons of Beriah
2) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal
3) one of the sons of Jeroham of Gedor and one of David's men
4) son of Asahel, brother of Joab, and one of David's men
5) son of Michael, of the sons of Shephatiah
6) a priest of the sons of Immer, who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7) a Levite, 3rd son of Meshelemiah the Korhite
8) a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat
9) son of Ishmael and prince of the house of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זְבַדְיָהוּ‎, ‎זְבַדְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath bestowed, compare ‎יְהוֺזָבָד‎, & references, also ‎זַבְדִּיאֵל‎ above) — ‎זְבַדְיָהוּ‎

1. Levites,
a. 1Chr 26:2
b. 2Chr 17:8.

2. an officer of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 19:11. ‎זְבַדְיָה‎

3. Benjamites,
a. 1Chr 8:15
b. 1Chr 8:17.

4. one of David's men 1Chr 12:8*.

5. an officer of David 1Chr 27:7.

6. a returning exile Ezra 8:8.

7. one of priestly house Ezra 10:20.

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