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Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaîos), from Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebadiah.
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Zebedee
- (biblical) The father of the Apostles James and John in the Bible.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Matthew 4:21: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.
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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