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Zabbud meaning

Zabbud in Biblical Hebrew
זבוד
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🔼The name Zabbud: Summary

Meaning
Given, Gift
Etymology
From the verb זבד (zabad), to give.
Related names
• Via זבד (zabad): Ammizabad, Elzabad, Jehozabad, Jozabad, Zabad, Zabbai, Zabdi, Zabdiel, Zabud, Zebadiah, Zebedee, Zebidah

🔼The name Zabbud in the Bible

The name Zabbud occurs just one time in the Bible. Zabbud and his brother Uthai are the leaders of the sons of Bigvai who return to Israel from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:14).

🔼Etymology of the name Zabbud

Our name Zabbud comes from the verb זבד (zabad), meaning to give or bestow:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
זבד

The verb זבד (zabad) means to give and the noun זבד (zebed) means gift. Both these words are used only once, in Genesis 30:20. These words' more common equivalents come from the root נתן (natan).

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🔼Zabbud meaning

For a meaning of the name Zabbud, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Given (By God), but that God is the giver is not at all implied. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Gift Bestowed. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate this name.