International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zabdi

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zabdi


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zab´dı̄ (זבדּי, zabhdı̄, perhaps “(a) gift of Yahweh” or “my gift” = New Testament “Zebedee”):

(1) An ancestor of Achan (, , ). Some Septuagint manuscripts and have “Zimri” (זמרי, zimrı̄); “the confusion of the Hebrew letter bēth ()ב and the Hebrew letter mēm ()מ is phonetic; the confusion of the Hebrew letter dāleth ()ד and the Hebrew letter rēsh ()ר is graphic” (Curtis, Chronicles, 86). See ZIMRI, (3).

(2) A Benjamite, son of Shimei (), and possibly a descendant of Ehud (Curtis).

(3) “The Shiphmite,” one of David's officers who had charge of the wine-cellars (). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Ζαχρεί, Zachreı́ (probably Zichri).

(4) An ancestor of Mattaniah (). Luc. and have “Zichri.” See ZICHRI, I, 2.