Zebul
זְבֻלStrong’s H2083zevul (ze-vul)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zevul is the Hebrew word usually translated “zebul”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?”
Meaning
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.9.28
How it's translated
- zebul 5
- and zebul 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 5
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 9:30And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
- Judges 9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
- Judges 9:38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
- Judges 9:41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Hebrew dictionary
זְבֻל zevul · Zebul
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.9.28 § Zebul = "exalted" chief man of the city of Shechem at the time of the contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites
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.