Bible Names

Zebadiah: meaning of the name

Zebadiah means “portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Zebadiah in Hebrew and Greek

זְבַדְיָה H2069

Zᵉbadyâh (zeb-ad-yaw') — Zebadjah, the name of nine Israelites

or זְבַדְיָהוּ; from H2064 (זָבַד) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has given;

People named Zebadiah in the Bible

Zebadiah in Scripture

“Zebadiah” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:15

    And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

  • 1 Chronicles 8:17

    And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

  • 1 Chronicles 12:7

    And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:2

    And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

  • 1 Chronicles 27:7

    The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:8

    And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:11

    And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

  • Ezra 8:8

    And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.