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Zebulun

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Zebulun ♂ Biblical name, borne by the sixth son of Leah and Jacob. The name may mean ‘exaltation’, although Leah derives it from another meaning of the Hebrew root zabal, namely ‘to dwell’: ‘now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons’ (Genesis 30:20). It appears in the New Testament (Matthew 4:13) in the form Zabulon.

Variant: Zebulon.

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Zebulun

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Zebulun Son of Jacob, by Leah (Gen. 30: 19–20); he gave his name to the tribe who were established near the Phoenicians along the coast (Gen. 49: 13) and in central Galilee (Josh. 19: 10–16), a region served by passable roads. Nazareth was in this area (Matt. 4: 15).

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