The meaning of Zebadiah in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

zeb-a-di'-a ((1) zebhadhyaha, (2) zebhadhyah, "Yah has bestowed"; the form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)).

Compare ZABDI; ZABDIEL:

(1) Levites: (a) a Korahite doorkeeper of David's reign (I Chronicles 26:2); (b) one of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Torah in Judah (II Chronicles 17:8).

(2) Son of Ishmael (II Chronicles 19:11); "ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's (Jehoshaphat's) matters," i.e. judge in civil cases, the "controversies" of II Chronicles 19:8.

(3) Benjamites, perhaps descended from Ehud (see Curtis, Chron., 158 ff.): (a) In I Chronicles 8:15; (b) in I Chronicles 8:17, where the name may be a dittography from I Chronicles 8:15.

(4) A Benjamite recruit of David at Ziklag (I Chronicles 12:7 (Hebrew verse 8)).

(5) One of David's army officers, son and successor of Asahel (I Chronicles 27:7).

(6) One of those who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra 8:8) = "Zaraias" of 1 Esdras 8:34.

(7) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:20) = "Zabdeus" of 1 Esdras 9:21.

David Francis Roberts

See more on the meaning of Zebadiah in the Bible:
Zebadiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Zebadiah {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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