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HebrewH2074Proper Noun (Masculine)

זְבוּלֻן

ze.vu.lun

37Occurrences
H2074Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe

or זְבֻלוּן; or זְבוּלֻן; from H2082 (זָבַל); habitation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H0356H) and Jahleel (H3177) § Zebulun = "exalted" 1) the 10th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun 2) the tribe descended from Zebulun 3) the land allocated to the tribe of Zebulun

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

זְבוּלֻן appears 37 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
9
Judges
7
Joshua
6
Genesis
4
2 Chronicles
3
Ezk
3
1 Chronicles
2
Deuteronomy
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:1BSB

These were the sons of Israel:Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Exodus 1:3BSB

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Genesis 49:13BSB

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashoreand become a harbor for ships;his border shall extend to Sidon.

Judges 6:35BSB

Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.

Numbers 1:9BSB

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.