Zebulun

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Etymology

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Old Testament Hebrew זְבֻלוּן (zebulun), a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Zebulun

  1. (biblical) Tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Zebulun.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew

Quotations

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  • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22–26, column 2:
    Now the ſonnes of Iacob were twelue. 23 The ſonnes of Leah: Reuben Iacobs firſt borne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Iſſachar, and Zebulun. 24 The ſonnes of Rachel: Ioſeph, and Beniamin. 25 And the ſonnes of Bilhah, Rachels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the ſonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Aſher. Theſe are the ſonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram.
  • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Joshua 21:34, columns 2–1:
    And vnto the families of the children of Merari the reſt of the Leuites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneam, with her ſuburbs, and Kartah with her ſuburbs, []
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