זְבֻלZᵉbul
proper name, masculine: an officer of Abimelech (Judges 9:28; Judges 9:30; Judges 9:36; Judges 9:38; Judges 9:41)
Pronunciation: zeb-ool' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2083
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Judges 9:28 “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He’s not a true son of Shechem, so why should we be his servants? He’s merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
- Judges 9:30 But when Zebul, the leader of the city, heard what Gaal was saying, he was furious.
- Judges 9:36 When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, there are people coming down from the hilltops!” Zebul replied, “It’s just the shadows on the hills that look like men.”
- Judges 9:38 Then Zebul turned on him and asked, “Now where is that big mouth of yours? Wasn’t it you that said, ‘Who is Abimelech, and why should we be his servants?’ The men you mocked are right outside the city! Go out and fight them!”
- Judges 9:41 Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
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).