Lexical Summary Zebedaios: Zebedee, the father of the apostles James and John Original Word: ΖεβεδαῖοςTransliteration: Zebedaios Phonetic Spelling: (dzeb-ed-ah'-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Zebedee, the father of the apostles James and John Meaning: Zebedee -- the father of the apostles James and John Strong's Concordance Zebedee. Of Hebrew origin (compare Zabdiy); Zebedaeus, an Israelite -- Zebedee. see HEBREW Zabdiy Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2199: ΖεβεδαῖοςΖεβεδαῖος, Ζεβεδαίου, ὁ, Zebedee (זַבְדַי for זַבְדִּי (i. e. my gift), a form of the proper name which occurs a few times in the O. T., as 1 Chronicles 27:27 (the Sept. Ζαβδι), munificent (others for זְבַדְיָה gift of Jehovah); from זָבַד to give), a Jew, by occupation a fisherman, husband of Salome, father of the apostles James and John: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2 (3); |