זֶבַחZebach

proper name, masculine: a Midianite king (Judges 8:5; Judges 8:6; Judges 8:7; Judges 8:10; Judges 8:12)

Pronunciation: zeh'-bakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2078

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 8:5 When they reached Succoth, Gideon asked the leaders of the town, “Please give my warriors some food. They are very tired. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  • Judges 8:6 But the officials of Succoth replied, “Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”
  • Judges 8:7 So Gideon said, “After the Lord gives me victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briers from the wilderness.”
  • Judges 8:10 By this time Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with about 15,000 warriors—all that remained of the allied armies of the east, for 120,000 had already been killed.
  • Judges 8:12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two Midianite kings, fled, but Gideon chased them down and captured all their warriors.
  • Judges 8:15 Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying, ‘Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.’”
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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).