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HebrewH2083Proper Noun (Masculine)

זְבֻל

ze.vul

5Occurrences
H2083Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Zebul, an Israelite

the same as H2073 (זְבוּל); dwelling;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at § Zebul = "exalted" chief man of the city of Shechem at the time of the contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

זְבֻל appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
5

Key Passages

Judges 9:28BSB

Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

Judges 9:30BSB

When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.

Judges 9:36BSB

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!”But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

Judges 9:38BSB

“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 9:41BSB

Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

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