<strong>ZABDI</strong> (zăb'dī, Heb. <em>zavdî, he [God] has given</em>)<br /><br />

Achan’s grandfather, from the tribe of Judah. His father’s name was Zerah (<bibleref ref="Josh.7.1">Josh.7.1</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="Josh.7.17">Josh.7.17</bibleref> <span class="small-caps">jb, kjv, mlb, mof, nasb, neb, rsv</span>; Zimri <span class="small-caps">niv</span>).A son of Shimei from the tribe of Benjamin (<bibleref ref="1Chr.8.19">1Chr.8.19</bibleref>).One of the officers of David listed as having charge of the wine cellars (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.27">1Chr.27.27</bibleref>). He is called “the Shiphmite.”One of the ancestors of Mattaniah, who aided in worship in the days of Nehemiah (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.17">Neh.11.17</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. A Benjaminite, apparently descended from Ehud (<bibleref ref="1Chr.8.6">1 Chron 8:6</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="1Chr.8.19">19</bibleref>).

3. One of David’s officers who had charge of the “produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars” (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.27">1 Chron 27:27</bibleref>). He is described as a Shiphmite.

4. A Levite descended from Asaph (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.17">Neh 11:17</bibleref>) whose descendant Matthaniah led the prayer of Thanksgiving when Jerusalem was repopulated in the days of Nehemiah. He is known as Zichri in 1 Chronicles through confusion of <em>b</em> (<span class="hebrew">ב</span>) and <em>k</em> (<span class="hebrew">ך</span>), and also of <em>d</em> (<span class="hebrew">ך</span>) and <em>r</em> (<span class="hebrew">ר</span>).<br /><br />

<h2>Bibliography</h2>

M. Noth, <em>Die israelitischen Personennamen</em> (1928), 38, 46, 47.<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(zabhdi>, perhaps "(a) gift of Yahweh" or "my gift" = <span class="auto-link">[[New Testament]]</span> "Zebedee"):

(1) An ancestor of Achan (<bibleref ref="Josh.7.1">Jos 7:1</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Josh.7.17">17</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Josh.7.18">18</bibleref>). Some Septuagint manuscripts and <bibleref ref="1Chr.2.6">1Ch 2:6</bibleref> have "Zimri" (zimri); "the confusion of the Hebrew letter beth (b) and the Hebrew letter mem (m) is phonetic; the confusion of the Hebrew letter daleth (d) and the Hebrew letter resh (r) is graphic" (Curtis, Chronicles, 86).<br /><br />

See [[Zimri]], (3).<br /><br />

(2) A Benjamite, son of Shimei (<bibleref ref="1Chr.8.19">1Ch 8:19</bibleref>), and possibly a descendant of Ehud (Curtis).

(3) "The Shiphmite," one of David’s officers who had charge of the wine-cellars (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.27">1Ch 27:27</bibleref>). The Septuagint’s Codex Vaticanus has Zachrei (probably Zichri).

(4) An ancestor of Mattaniah (<bibleref ref="Neh.11.17">Ne 11:17</bibleref>). Luc. and <bibleref ref="1Chr.9.15">1Ch 9:15</bibleref> have "Zichri."

See <em>ZICHRI, I</em>, 2.<br /><br />

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