Zabdi

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zab'di (My Gift).

1. Son of Zerah, the son of Judah, and ancestor of Achan.  Joshua 7:1;  Joshua 7:17-18. (B.C. before 1480).

2. A Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi.  1 Chronicles 8:19. (B.C. about 1442).

3. David's officer over the produce of the vineyards for the wine-cellars.  1 Chronicles 21:27. (B.C. 1043).

4. Son of Asaph, the minstrel,  Nehemiah 11:17, called Zaccur in  Nehemiah 12:35, and Zichri in  1 Chronicles 9:15. (B.C. before 446).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Zabdi (‘gift of Jah,’ or perh. ‘my gift,’ or ‘gift to me’; NT Zebedee ). 1 . The grandfather of Achan (  Joshua 7:1;   Joshua 7:17-18 ), called in   1 Chronicles 2:6 Zimri . 2 . A Benjamite (  1 Chronicles 8:19 ). 3 . An officer of David (  1 Chronicles 27:27 ). 4 . A Levite (  Nehemiah 11:17 ); but read probably Zichri , as in ||   1 Chronicles 9:16 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph ( Nehemiah 11:17 ); probably the same as Zichri ( 1 Chronicles 9:15 ), and Zaccur ( Nehemiah 12:35 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zabdi'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zabdi.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Zerah and ancestor of Achan.  Joshua 7:1,17,18 .

2. Son of Shimhi, a Benjamite.   1 Chronicles 8:19 .

3. 'The Shiphmite,' overseer of David's wine stores.   1 Chronicles 27:27 .

4. A Levite, son of Asaph the minstrel.   Nehemiah 11:17 . Apparently the same as ZACCUR in  Nehemiah 12:35 and ZICHRI in  1 Chronicles 9:15 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Zerah, Achan's forefather ( Joshua 7:1;  Joshua 7:17-18).

2. Of Shimhi's sons, a Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:19).

3. Over the increase of David's vineyards for the wine cellars, "the Shipmite," i.e. of Shepham.

4. Son of Asaph ( Nehemiah 11:17); Zaccur in  Nehemiah 12:35, Zichri in  1 Chronicles 9:15.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 7:1 2 1 Chronicles 8:19 3 1 Chronicles 27:27 4 Nehemiah 11:17

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zab´dı̄ ( זבדּי , zabhdı̄ , perhaps "( a ) gift of Yahweh" or "my gift" = New Testament "Zebedee"):

(1) An ancestor of Achan ( Joshua 7:1 ,  Joshua 7:17 ,  Joshua 7:18 ). Some Septuagint manuscripts and  1 Chronicles 2:6 have "Zimri" ( זמרי , zimrı̄ ); "the confusion of the Hebrew letter bēth ב and the Hebrew letter mēm מ is phonetic; the confusion of the Hebrew letter dāleth ד and the Hebrew letter rēsh ר is graphic" (Curtis, Chronicles , 86). See Zimri , (3).

(2) A B enjamite, son of Shimei ( 1 Chronicles 8:19 ), and possibly a descendant of Ehud (Curtis).

(3) "The Shiphmite," one of David's officers who had charge of the wine-cellars ( 1 Chronicles 27:27 ). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Ζαχρεί , Zachreı́ (probably Zichri).

(4) An ancestor of Mattaniah ( Nehemiah 11:17 ). Luc. and  1 Chronicles 9:15 have "Zichri." See Zichri , I, 2.