Strong H2083זְבֻל
Zebul
- Transliteration
- zebûl
- Pronunciation
- zeb-ool'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Zebul = "exalted"
Detailed definition
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.9.28
In the biblical story
Zebul
Governor of Shechem under Abimelech
Zebul was the governor of Shechem who served under Abimelech, the son of Gideon, during his reign as king.
In the Bible
Strong H2083 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zebul5
First verses
- Judges 9:28And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
- Judges 9:30And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
- Judges 9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
- Judges 9:38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
- Judges 9:41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.