Every Name in Tanakh

זְבַדְיָה Zebadiah

Every verse in which this name stands — 9 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 28×9 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for nine Israelites. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:8 and last at 2 Chronicles 19:11.

Ezra 8:8עזרא ח:ח

וּמִבְּנֵי שְׁפַטְיָה זְבַדְיָה בֶּן־מִֽיכָאֵל וְעִמּוֹ שְׁמֹנִים הַזְּכָרִֽים

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

Ezra 10:20עזרא י:כ

וּמִבְּנֵי אִמֵּר חֲנָנִי וּזְבַדְיָֽה

And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

1 Chronicles 26:2דברי הימים א כו:ב

וְלִמְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָהוּ בָּנִים זְכַרְיָהוּ הַבְּכוֹר יְדִֽיעֲאֵל הַשֵּׁנִי זְבַדְיָהוּ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יַתְנִיאֵל הָרְבִיעִֽי

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth;

1 Chronicles 27:7דברי הימים א כז:ז

הָֽרְבִיעִי לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִי עֲשָׂה־אֵל אֲחִי יוֹאָב וּזְבַדְיָה בְנוֹ אַחֲרָיו וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָֽלֶף

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 17:8דברי הימים ב יז:ח

וְעִמָּהֶם הַלְוִיִּם שְֽׁמַֽעְיָהוּ וּנְתַנְיָהוּ וּזְבַדְיָהוּ וַעֲשָׂהאֵל ושמרימות וִֽיהוֹנָתָן וַאֲדֹנִיָּהוּ וְטֽוֹבִיָּהוּ וְטוֹב אֲדוֹנִיָּה הַלְוִיִּם וְעִמָּהֶם אֱלִישָׁמָע וִֽיהוֹרָם הַכֹּהֲנִֽים

and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

2 Chronicles 19:11דברי הימים ב יט:יא

וְהִנֵּה אֲמַרְיָהוּ כֹהֵן הָרֹאשׁ עֲלֵיכֶם לְכֹל דְּבַר־יְהוָה וּזְבַדְיָהוּ בֶן־יִשְׁמָעֵאל הַנָּגִיד לְבֵית־יְהוּדָה לְכֹל דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְשֹׁטְרִים הַלְוִיִּם לִפְנֵיכֶם חִזְקוּ וַעֲשׂוּ וִיהִי יְהוָה עִם־הַטּֽוֹב

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, in all the king’s matters; also the officers of the Levites before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD be with the good.’

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Zebadiah?

Zebadiah — זבדיה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 28 in the standard method.

How many times is Zebadiah named in the Tanakh?

9 times, first at Ezra 8:8.

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