זְבֻל
zevul · Zebul
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2083 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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zevul (זְבֻל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Zebul”.
The officer whom Abimelech had in Shechem and ruler of the city. The name means "dwelling."
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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.
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Where it appears
- Judges 9:28
Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem! And why should we serve him?
- Judges 9:30
Zebul, the chief of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burned.
- Judges 9:36
Gaal saw the people and said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” Zebul said to him, “The shadow of the mountains you are seeing as men.”
- Judges 9:38
Zebul said to him, “Where now is your mouth, with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Is not this the people whom you despised? Go out, please, now and fight against them.”
- Judges 9:41
Abimelech stayed at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, so that they could not live in Shechem.
And 1 more times.