STRONGS G2199:
Ζεβεδαῖος,
-ου,
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 (
Sept. Ζαβδί), 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);
Matthew 20:20;
26:37;
27:56;
Mark 1:19;
Mark 3:17;
Mark 10:35;
Luke 5:10;
John 21:2.
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