Ζεβεδαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זַבְדִי, an alteration of זַבְדִּי (“my gift”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zde.be.dâi̯.os/ → /ze.βeˈðɛ.os/ → /ze.veˈðe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zde.be.dâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ze.beˈdɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ze.βeˈðɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ze.veˈðe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ze.veˈðe.os/

Proper noun

Ζεβεδαῖος • (Zebedaîos) m (genitive Ζεβεδαίου); second declension

1. Zebedee, the father of Jesus' disciples: James and John.
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 21:2

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ζεβεδαῖος; τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζεβεδαῖος ho Zebedaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου toû Zebedaíou
Dative	τῷ Ζεβεδαίῳ tôi Zebedaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ζεβεδαῖον tòn Zebedaîon
Vocative	Ζεβεδαῖε Zebedaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Zebedee
• Greek: Ζεβεδαίος (Zevedaíos)
• Latin: Zebedaeus

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2199 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN