Zebedee

See also: Zébédée

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek form of Zebadiah.

Proper noun

Zebedee

1. The father of the Apostles James and John. (biblical character)
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     And going from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Derived terms

• Zeb

Translations

biblical character

• Dutch: Zebedeüs
• French: Zébédée (fr)
• German: Zebedäus m
• Greek: Ζεβεδαῖος (el) m (Zebedaîos)

  Ancient: Ζεβεδαῖος m (Zebedaîos)

• Italian: Zebedeo (it)
• Japanese: ゼベダイ (Zebedei)
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• Latin: Zebedaeus
• Plautdietsch: Zebedäus
• Polish: Zebedeusz m
• Russian: Зеведе́й m (Zevedéj)
• Spanish: Zebedeo
• Swahili: Zebedayo