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Zabdiel

What Bible dictionaries say about “Zabdiel”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Zabdiel - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David's officers (1 Chr. 27:2).

(2.) An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh. 11:14).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

zab'-di-el (zabhdi'el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel):

(1) Father of Jashobeam (1Ch 27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f).

(2) An overseer of the priests (Ne 11:14).

(3) An Arabian who beheaded Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Macc 11:17).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

(gift of God).

Father of Jashobeam, a chief of Davids guard. (1 Chronicles 27:2) (B.C. before 1046.)
A priest, son of the great men or as the margin gives it, "Haggedolim." (Nehemiah 11:14) (B.C. 459.)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3