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ZABAD (‘he hath given’ or ‘a gift’).—Many names are derived from this root, both in OT and in Palmyrene and Nabatæan inscriptions. About 36 are reckoned in OT—23 in Chron., and nearly all in post-exilic books. In Gen_30:20 a it is the first explanation of ‘Zebulun.’ The fuller form is Zabdiel or Zebadiah (‘my gift is J″ [Note: Jahweh.] ’). 1. 1Ch_2:36-37, a descendant of Judah, perhaps the same as the Zabud of 1Ki_4:6. 2. 1Ch_7:21, an Ephraimite; if the text is correct, this passage and 1 Indicate that there was some uncertainty as to the reckoning of the clan probably intended by the name. 3. 1Ch_11:41, one of David’s valiant men, perhaps = 1. 4. 2Ch_24:26, one of the murderers of Joash = Jozacar (2Ki_12:21); we should perhaps read Zacar here. 5. 6. 7. Laymen who married ‘strange’ wives, Ezr_10:27; Ezr_10:33; Ezr_10:43 (cf. 1Es_9:28 [Sabathus], 33 [Sabanneus], 35 [Zabadeas]).
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