Zebulun
Zebulun (also Zebulon, Zabulon or Zaboules,[1] Hebrew: זְבֻלוּן
or זְבוּלֻן or זְבוּלוּן, Tiberian Hebrew Zəḇūlūn, Standard Hebrew
Zəvulun, commonly זבולון Zvulun in Israel) was, according to
the Books of Genesis and Numbers,[2][3] the sixth son of Jacob
and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Zebulun.
Some Biblical scholars believ...
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And [then] the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and
goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on
the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to
Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising....
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Moreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto Issachar and
Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels,
and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat, meal, cakes of figs,
and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep
abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel....
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There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of
Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the
princes of Naphtali....
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dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen.
30:20). Little is known of his personal history. He
had three
sons (46:14)....
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(See ISSACHAR.) Tenth of Jacob's sons, sixth and last of
Leah's sons (Genesis 30:20; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:14).
Named from Leah's anticipation, "now will my husband dwell
('izbeleniy) with me, for I have borne him six sons." Jacob's
blessing (Genesis 49:13) was, "Zebulun shall dwell at the
haven of the sea, and he shall be for an haven of ...
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zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn;
the first form occurs only in Jdg 1:30; the other two are
frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Gen
30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed me with a good
dowry," which suggests a derivation of Zebulun from zabhadh,
"to bestow," the (d) being replaced by (l). Again she sa...
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-1. Son of Jacob and Leah
Ge 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex 1:3; 1Ch 2:1
Descendants of
Ge 46:14; Nu 26:26,27
Also called ZABULUN
-2. Tribe of
Place of, in marching and camping
Nu 2:3,7; 10:14,16
Territory awarded to
Ge 49:13; Jos 19:10-16; Mt 4:13
Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled
Jud 1:30
Levitical cities of
Jo...
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(a habitation), the tenth of the sons of Jacob, according to
the order in which their births are enumerated, the sixth
and last of Leah. Ge 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 1Ch 2:1 His birth
is mentioned in Ge 30:19,20 Of the individual Zebulun
nothing is recorded. The list of Gene 46 ascribes to him
three sons, founders of the chief families of the tribe...
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