Zebulun

American  

[zeb-yoo-luhn, zuh-byoo-luhn] / ˈzɛb yʊ lən, zəˈbyu lən /

noun

1. a son of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 30:20.

2. one of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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Zebulun British  

/ zəˈbjuː-, ˈzɛbjʊlən /

noun

1. the sixth son whom Leah bore to Jacob: one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (Genesis 30:20)

2. the tribe descended from him

3. the territory of this tribe, lying in lower Galilee to the north of Mount Carmel and to the east of the coastal plain

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Etymology

Origin of Zebulun

From Late Latin Zabulon, from Greek Zaboulṓn, from Hebrew Zəbhūlūn, of uncertain meaning

Example Sentences

Explains Headmaster Zebulun Tuchman of Jerusalem's largest school, the Rehavia Gymnasium: "Children who reached school age after the creation of Israel had no interest in the Jewish past, in Jewish literature, in Jewish religion."

From Time Magazine Archive

Naphtali is described as "a hind let loose," Zebulun as dwelling "at the haven of the sea."

From Time Magazine Archive

And Reb Zebulun replied: “They have to make do. Storybooks aren’t bread. You can live without them.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Zebulun Estey and Thomas Hart went to Gagetown while the war of the Revolution was in progress.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

The latter answers to the land of Zebulun and Naphtali; for the territory of these two tribes occupied the centre and principal part of Galilee.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm