זְבוּלוּן
Zᵉbûwlûwn · zeb-oo-loon'
Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe
Lexicon
Derivation: or זְבֻלוּן; or זְבוּלֻן; from H2082 (זָבַל); habitation;
Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe
- Zebulon, a son of Jacob
- also, his territory and tribe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zebulun.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To cut, to sustain of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זְבוּלוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zebulun25 · 56%
- zebulun7 · 16%
- and zebulun5 · 11%
- and of zebulun2 · 4%
- to zebulun2 · 4%
- neither did zebulun1 · 2%
- and out of zebulun1 · 2%
- and unto zebulun1 · 2%
- even unto zebulun1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.