Bible Names

Zebulun: meaning of the name

Zebulun means “Zebulon, dwelling; habitation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Zebulun in Hebrew and Greek

זְבוּלוּן H2074

Zᵉbûwlûwn (zeb-oo-loon') — Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe

or זְבֻלוּן; or זְבוּלֻן; from H2082 (זָבַל); habitation;

Who named Zebulun in the Bible

Zebulun in Scripture

“Zebulun” appears in 43 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 30:20

    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

  • Genesis 35:23

    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Genesis 46:14

    And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

  • Genesis 49:13

    Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

  • Exodus 1:3

    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Numbers 1:9

    Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

  • Numbers 1:30

    Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

  • Numbers 1:31

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.