זְבוּל
zevul · lofty dwelling, residence
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2073 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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zevul (זְבוּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lofty dwelling, residence”.
Lofty dwelling, exalted residence. Said of the house that Solomon built for YHWH and of heaven as God's dwelling.
How to say it
ze·vul
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A high, noble house: God's or heaven.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- exalted ×2
- far from its dwelling ×1
- lofty dwelling ×1
- residence ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 8:13
I have surely built an exalted house for you, a place for you to live in forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:2
And I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to live in forever.”
- Psalms 49:14
Like sheep for Sheol they are put; death shepherds them; and the upright will rule over them in the morning; and their form is for Sheol to consume, far from its dwelling.
- Isaiah 63:15
Look from the heavens and see, from the residence of your holiness and of your beauty. Where are your zeal and your mighty deeds? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion toward me have been restrained.
- Habakkuk 3:11
The sun, the moon stood still in their lofty dwelling; at the light of your arrows they go to and fro, at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.