A name from Scripture
Zebedee
ZEB-eh-dee
Meaning
Gift of God; My gift
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Matthew
What it points to
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.
Verses · King James Version
“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.”
Matthew 4:21
“And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.”
Mark 1:20