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    Zebedee

    ZEB-eh-dee

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Gift of God; My gift
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Zebedee appears in the King James Bible, including Matthew 4:21.
    First appears in
    Matthew — The Gospels
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Zebedee models the faith of a father who releases his children to God's calling — his gift to the Lord became two pillars of the church.
    King James verses
    • Matthew 4:21

      "And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them."

    • Mark 1:20

      "And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him."

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