Zebedee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Zebedee
From Late Latin Zebedaeus, from Greek Zebedaîos, from Hebrew Zabdī, shortening of Zabdīʾēl or Zabdīyāh “Gift of God”
Example Sentences
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Zebedee signed her just a few weeks later and Beth has since been involved in a number of photoshoots.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
“Before Zebedee, disability was not included in the diversity debate,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
The Hwange park guide, Zebedee, told us to call him “Rhino,” though his name was not prophetic.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2018
Carswell is on a high, bouncing down the corridors of power like Zebedee.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2014
This John, son of Zebedee, brother of the other James, is reckoned a martyr in the same sense as his brother in the earliest gospels.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
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