זָבַל
zâbal · H2082 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to honor, to accept, to appreciate
Process by which someone acknowledges the merits of someone else
ExamplesGenesis 30:20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- יָשַׁב yâshab · H3427 · to sit down, to be seated, to make sit
- The most common Hebrew verb for dwelling or inhabiting, covering a broad semantic range including sitting and remaining in a place.
In the other Testament 1 word
- συνοικέω synoikéō · G4924 · to live with, to conduct oneself with
- Greek verb denoting dwelling together or cohabiting, a direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew זָבַל in its sense of dwelling with someone.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Willing002001002028
- זָבַל denotes honoring or dwelling with in favor, as Leah names her son Zebulun expecting her husband will now honor her as his wife.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2082. zabal [זָבַל] verb probably exalt, honour (Assyrian zabâlu COTGloss and id. on Gen…
[זָבַל] verb probably exalt, honour (Assyrian zabâlu COTGloss and id. on Gen 30:20; 1Ki 8:13, compare DlPr 62 f. so De; Phoenician proper name, feminine בעלאזבל (probably = Baal has exalted) compare אִיזֶבֶל above; compare Arabic take up and carry; > NöZMG 1886, 729, who connects these verbs with Syriac bear, carry, compare Hebrew סָבַל) —
Qal Imperfect אִישִׁי יִזְבְּלֵנִי Gen 30:20b (J), my husband will honour me (in explanation of name Zebulun (see below); on another apparently explanation in va compare זבד); > AV and others dwell with me, compare Thes Rob-Ges who derive dwell with from an assumed meaning be round (compare דור); and others (compare MV8. 9), who derive dwell as denominative from זְבֻל in sense dwelling.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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