Zebulun

English

Etymology

Old Testament Hebrew זְבֻלוּן (zebulun), a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bjʊˌlən/, /zəˈbjuː.lən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.bjəˌlən/, /zəˈbju.lən/

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• Rhymes: -uːlən
• Hyphenation: Ze‧bu‧lun

Proper noun

Zebulun

1. (biblical) Tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Zebulun.
3. A male given name from Hebrew

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22–26, column 2:

  Now the ſonnes of Iacob were twelue. 23 The ſonnes of Leah: Reuben Iacobs firſt borne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Iſſachar, and Zebulun. 24 The ſonnes of Rachel: Ioſeph, and Beniamin. 25 And the ſonnes of Bilhah, Rachels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. 26 And the ſonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Aſher. Theſe are the ſonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:34, columns 2–1:

  And vnto the families of the children of Merari the reſt of the Leuites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Iokneam, with her ſuburbs, and Kartah with her ſuburbs, […]

Related terms

• Zebulunite

Translations

ninth son of Jacob

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Զաբուղոն (Zabułon)

• Dutch: Zebulon m
• Hebrew: זְבֻלוּן (he), זְבוּלֻן (he)
• Kazakh: Забулон (Zabulon)
• Polish: Zabulon (pl) m
• Russian: Завуло́н m (Zavulón)
• Spanish: Zabulón (es)

one of the Israelite tribes

• Dutch: Zebulon
• Polish: Zabulon (pl) m

male given name

• Dutch: Zebulon m
• Hebrew: זְבֻלוּן (he), זְבוּלֻן (he)
• Polish: Zabulon (pl) m

See also

• Zebulun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia