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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/
Proper noun
Ζεβεδαῖος • (Zebedaîos) m (genitive Ζεβεδαίου); second declension
- Zebedee, the father of Jesus' disciples: James and John.
Inflection
Descendants
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, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN