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Zebulun

זְבוּלֻןStrong’s H2074

zevulun (ze-vu-lun)

Appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Zevulun is the Hebrew word usually translated “zebulun”, “from zebulun” and “o zebulun”. It appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.”
Genesis 30:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. The 10th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun
  2. The tribe descended from Zebulun
How it's translated
  • zebulun 32
  • and zebulun 5
  • for zebulun 2
  • and from zebulun 2
  • and of zebulun 1
  • o zebulun 1
  • and in zebulun 1
  • from zebulun 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 9
  • Judges 7
  • Joshua 6
  • 1 Chronicles 6
  • Genesis 4
  • 2 Chronicles 3

11 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

זְבוּלֻן zevulun · Zebulun

A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.20; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H0356H) and Jahleel (H3177) § Zebulun = "exalted" 1) the 10th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah; progenitor of Zebulun 2) the tribe descended from Zebulun …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.