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- Hebrew · derived fromזְבַדְיָה
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΖεβεδαῖος
- English todayZebedee
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaîos), from Hebrew זְבַדְיָה (Zəḇaḏyâ), from זַבְדִּי (zab̲dî, “my gift”). Doublet of Zebadiah.
Words from the same roots
Hebrewזְבַדְיָה all →
Zebadiah
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.