ZABDEUS zab-de'-us (Zabdaios): In 1 Esdras 9:21 = "Zebadiah" of Ezra 10:20. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZABDEUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZABDI zab'-di (zabhdi>, perhaps "(a) gift of Yahweh" or "my gift" = New Testament "Zebedee"): (1) An ancestor of Achan (Joshua 7:1,17,18). Some Septuagint manuscripts and 1 Chronicles 2:6 have "Zimri" (zimri); "the confusion of the Hebrew letter beth (b) and the Hebrew letter mem (m) is phonetic; the confusion of the Hebrew letter daleth (d) and t

ZABBUD zab'-ud (zabbudh, meaning uncertain; Ezra 8:14, where Kere is zakkur and Kethibh is zabhudh = "Zabud"; 1 Esdras 8:40 has "Istalcarus"): A companion of Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZABBUD'". "Intern

ZABBAI zab'-a-i, zab'-i ( zabbay, meaning unknown; Zabou): (1) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:28) = "Jozabdus" of 1 Esdras 9:29. (2) Father of Baruch (Nehemiah 3:20). The Qere has zakkay = "Zaccai"of Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Gen

ZABADEAS zab-a-de'-as (Zabadaias; the King James Version Zabadaias): One of the sons of Nooma who put away their foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:35) = "Zabad" of Ezra 10:43. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZABADEAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ZABADAIAS zab-a-da'-yas. The King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) ZABADEAS (which see) Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZABADAIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZABAD za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:36,37), son of Nathan (see NATHAN, IV). (2) An Ephraimite, son of Tahath (1 Chronicles 7:21). (3) Son of Ahlai (1 Chronicles 1

ZABADAEANS zab-a-de'-anz (Zabadaioi; the King James Version Zabadeans; Oesterley, in Charles, Apocrypha, I, 112, prefers, on what seems insufficient evidence, to read "Gabadeans"; Josephus (Ant., XIII, v, 10) by an obvious error has "Nabateans"): According to 1 Macc 12:31, an Arabian tribe, defeated and spoiled by Jonathan after his victory in Ham

ZAAVAN za'-a-van (za`-awan, meaning unknown): A Horite descendant of Seir (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42). In 1 Chronicles, Lucian has Zauan = Samaritan z-w-`-n i.e. Zaw`an, from a root meaning "to tremble," "fear" (see ..., BDB). King James Version has "Zavan" in 1 Chronicles. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inf

ZAANAN za'-a-nan (tsa`anan; Sennaar): A place named by Micah in the Shephelah of Judah (1:11). In this sentence the prophet makes verbal play with the name, as if it were derived from yatsa', "to go forth": "The inhabitant (margin "inhabitress") of tsa'anan is not come forth" (yatse'ah). The place is not identical. It is probably the same as ZENAN

ZAANANNIM; PLAIN OR OAK OF za-a-nan'-im, elon betsa`anayim; or betsa`anannim Codex Vaticanus Besamiein; Codex Alexandrinus Besananim (Joshua 19:33); in Judges 4:11 Codex Vaticanus translates it as pleonektounton, and Codex Alexandrinus has anapauomenon): In Joshua 19:33 the King James Version reads "Allon to Zaanannim," the Revised Version (Britis

ZAANAIM za-a-na'-im. See ZAANANNIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZAANAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

YOUNG; MEN, YOUNG WOMEN yung, (bachur, na`ar; neanias, neaniskos): "Young man" is generally in the Old Testament the translation of bachur, from bachar, "to prove," "to choose," and of na`ar (literally, "boy," but used sometimes also of a girl). The former term denotes a young man, no longer a mere youth, but liable to military service (Deuteronom

YOKE yok: (1) The usual word is `ol (Genesis 27:40, etc.), less commonly the (apparently later) form moTah (Isaiah 58:6, etc.; in Nab 1:13 moT), which the Revised Version (British and American) in Jer 27; 28 translates "bar" (a most needless and obscuring change). The Greek in Apocrypha (Sirach 28:19, etc.) and in the New Testament (Matthew 11:29,

YOKE-FELLOW yok'-fel-o (sunzugos, "yoked together"): The word is used by Greek writers of those united by any bond, such as marriage, relationship, office, labor, study or business; hence, a yoke-fellow, consort, comrade, colleague or partner. (1) In the New Testament it occurs once only (Philippians 4:3): "I beseech thee also, true yoke-fellow.

YODH yod "y": The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "y". It came also to be used for the number 10. See JOB, and for name, etc., see ALPHABET. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'YODH'". "International Standard Bible

YELLOW yel'-o. See COLORS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'YELLOW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

YEARS, SEVENTY See SEVENTY YEARS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'YEARS, SEVENTY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

YEAR yer (shanah, Aramaic shenah, "a return" (of the sun), like the Greek eniautos; yamim, "days," is also used for "year," and the Greek hemerai, corresponds to it (Joshua 13:1; Luke 17,18); etos, is also employed frequently in the New Testament; for the difference between etos and eniautos, see Grimm-Thayer, under the word): The Hebrew year was

YARN yarn. See LINEN; SPINNING; WEAVING. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'YARN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.