זָבָדZâbâd
proper name, masculine: he hath given, a gift
Pronunciation: zaw-bawd' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2066
Meanings
1. a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:36; 1 Chronicles 2:37)
2. an Ephraimite (1 Chronicles 7:21)
3. one of David's valiant men (1 Chronicles 11:41)
4. one of the murderers of Joash of Judah (2 Chronicles 24:26; 2 Kings 12:22)
5. name of three returned exiles who had taken strange wives
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad.
- 1 Chronicles 2:37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed.
- 1 Chronicles 7:21 Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath.
- 1 Chronicles 11:41 Uriah the Hittite; Zabad son of Ahlai;
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 The assassins were Jozacar, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shomer.
- Ezra 10:27 From the family of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).