Zabdi

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Zabdi: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Zimri: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Zerah of Judah; grandfather of Achan
son of Shime-i of Benjamin
a Shiphmite man whom David put in charge over his wineries
son of Asaph (Shimei Gershom Levi)
son of Salu (Simeon); a chief Phinehas slew for his rebellion
the man who assassinated and succeded Elah, King of Israel
son of Zerah son of Judah
son of Jehoaddah of Benjamin
a land and its people

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dowry; endowed ( --> same as Zabad)

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Hebrew

Strongs #02067: ydbz Zabdiy

Zabdi = "endowment"

1) son of Zerah and grandson of Judah; grandfather of Achan
2) one of the sons of Shimhi, a Benjamite
3) an officer of David, in charge of the produce of the vineyards for
the wine-cellars
4) son of Asaph the minstrel; also called 'Zaccur' and 'Zichri'

2067 Zabdiy zab-dee'

from 2065; giving; Zabdi, the name of four
& Israelites:-Zabdi.
see HEBREW for 02065

Strongs #02174: yrmz Zimriy

Zimri = "my music"

n pr m
1) the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the
Midianitish princess Cozbi
2) 5th king of the northern kingdom, murderer of the king, Elah, who
reigned for 7 days before he killed himself by setting the palace
on fire and was replaced by the general of the army, Omri
3) one of the five sons of Zerah and grandson of Judah
4) son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul
5) an obscure name mentioned in connection with 'the mingled people'
in Jeremiah; may be same as 'Zimran'

2174 Zimriy zim-ree'

from 2167; musical; Zimri, the name of five Israelites, and
of an Arabian tribe:-Zimri.
see HEBREW for 02167

Zabdi [EBD]

gift of Jehovah. (1.) An ancestor of Achan (Josh. 7:1, 17, 18). He is probably the "Zimri" of 1 Chr. 2:6.

(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:19).

(3.) Called "the Shiphmite," one of David's officers, who had charge of his vineyards (1 Chr. 27:27).

(4.) A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph (Neh. 11:17); probably the same as Zichri (1 Chr. 9:15), and Zaccur (Neh. 12:35).

Zimri [EBD]

praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15).

(2.) Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He reigned only seven days, for Omri, whom the army elected as king, laid siege to Tirzah, whereupon Zimri set fire to the palace and perished amid its ruins (11-20). Omri succeeded to the throne only after four years of fierce war with Tibni, another claimant to the throne.

Zabdi [NAVE]

ZABDI
1. Father of Carmi, Josh. 7:1, 17, 18.
2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:19.
3. David's storekeeper, 1 Chr. 27:27.
4. Son of Asaph, Neh. 11:17.

Zimri [NAVE]

ZIMRI
1. A chief of Simeon, Num. 25:6-8, 14.
2. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:9-20; 2 Kin. 9:31.
3. Son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6.
4. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:36; 9:42.
5. An unknown place, Jer. 25:25.

ZABDI [SMITH]

(my gift).

1. Son of Zerah the son of Judah, and ancestor of Achan. (Joshua 7:1,17,18) (B.C. before 1480.)
2. A Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. about 1442.)
3. David?s officer over the produce of the vineyards for the wine-cellars. (1 Chronicles 21:27) (B.C. 1043.)
4. Son of Asaph the minstrel, (Nehemiah 11:17) called ZACCUR in (Nehemiah 12:35) and ZICHRI in (1 Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. before 446.)

ZIMRI [SMITH]

1. The son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi. (Numbers 25:14). (B.C. 1450.)
2. Fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, of which he occupied the throne for the brief period of seven days, B.C. 930 or 929. Originally in command of half the chariots in the royal army, he gained the crown by the murder of King Elah; son of Baasha. But the army made their general, Omri, king, who marched against Tirzah, where Zimri was. Zimri retreated into the innermost part of the late king?s palace, set it on fire, and perished in the ruins. (1 Kings 16:9-20)
3. One of the five sons of Zerah the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:6) (B.C. after 1706.)
4. Son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42)
5. An obscure name, mentioned (Jeremiah 25:25) in probable connection with Dedan, Tema, Buz, Arabia, the "mingled people." Nothing further is known respecting Zimri, but the name may possibly be the same as, or derived from, ZIMRAN, which see.

ZABDI [ISBE]

ZABDI - zab'-di (zabhdi>, perhaps "(a) gift of Yahweh" or "my gift" = New Testament "Zebedee"):

(1) An ancestor of Achan (Josh 7:1,17,18). Some Septuagint manuscripts and 1 Ch 2:6 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).

See ZIMRI, (3).

(2) A Benjamite, son of Shimei (1 Ch 8:19), and possibly a descendant of Ehud (Curtis).

(3) "The Shiphmite," one of David's officers who had charge of the wine-cellars (1 Ch 27:27). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Zachrei (probably Zichri).

(4) An ancestor of Mattaniah (Neh 11:17). Luc. and 1 Ch 9:15 have "Zichri."

See ZICHRI, I, 2.

David Francis Roberts

ZIMRI (1) [ISBE]

ZIMRI (1) - zim'-ri (zimri, "wild sheep" or "wild goat"; in 1 Maccabees, with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has Zambrei):

(1) A Simeonite prince (Nu 25:14; 1 Macc 2:26), slain by Phinehas, Aaron's grandson. Nu 25:1-5 records how the Israelites, while they were at Shittim, began to consort with Moabite women and "they (i.e. the Moabite women) called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods" (25:2), i.e. as explained by 25:5 to take part in the immoral rites of the god Baal-peor. Moses is bidden to have the offenders punished. The next paragraph (25:6-9) relates how the people engage in public mourning; but while they do this Zimri brings in among his brethren a Midianitess. Phinehas sees this and goes after Zimri into the qubbah, where he slays the two together, and thus the plague is stayed (25:6-9).

The connection between these two paragraphs is difficult; Moabite women are mentioned in the first, a Midianitess in the second; the plague of Nu 25:8 f is not previously referred to, although it seems clear that the plague is the cause of the weeping in 25:6. The sequel, 25:16-18, makes the second paragraph have something to do with Baal-peor. Critics assign 25:1-5 to J-E, 25:6-18 to P.

It seems, however, that the two accounts refer to similar circumstances. This is evident if the meaning of qubbah in Nu 25:8 be as the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) renders it, lupinar, "a house of ill-repute." The difficulty is that the word only occurs here in the Old Testament, but it has that meaning in New Heb (see Gray, Nu, 385; BDB, however, translates it "a large vaulted tent." While one narrative says the women were Moabitesses and the other Midianitesses, the latter section presupposes something like the account in the former; and the point is that Zimri, at the very time that the rest of the people publicly mourned because of a plague that was due to their own dealings with foreign women, brought a Midianite woman among the people, possibly to be his wife, for he was a prince or chief, and she was the daughter of a Midianite chief. It may be urged that if this be the case, there was nothing wrong in it; but according to Hebrew ideas there was, and we only need to remember the evil influence of such marriages as those entered into by Solomon, or especially that of Ahab with Jezebel, to see at any rate a Hebrew justification for Zimri's death.

Numbers 31 describes the extermination of the Midianites at the bidding of Moses. All the males are slain by the Israelites (31:7), but the women are spared. Moses is angry at this: "Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh" (31:15 f). Here we find, although the chapter is a Midrash (see Gray, Numbers, 417 ff), that the Hebrews themselves connected the two events of Numbers 25, but in addition the name of Balaam is also introduced, as again in 31:8, where he is said to have been slain along with the kings of Midian. See further Dt 4:3, and Driver's note on the verse.

See BAAL-PEOR; BALAAM; PEOR.

(2) A king of Israel (1 Ki 16:8-20). See special article.

(3) A Judahite "son" of Zerah (1 Ch 2:6) = "Zabdi" of Josh 7:1,17 f.

See ZABDI, (1).

(4) A Benjamite, descendant of King Saul (1 Ch 8:36; 9:42).

(5) In Jer 25:25, where "all the kings of Zimri" are mentioned along with those of Arabia (25:24) and Elam and the Medes. The name is as yet unidentified, although thought to be that of a people called ZIMRAN (which see) in Gen 25:2.

David Francis Roberts

ZIMRI (2) [ISBE]

ZIMRI (2) - (zimri; Septuagint Zambrei, Zambri): The 5th king of Israel, but who occupied the throne only seven days (1 Ki 16:9-20). Zimri had been captain of half the chariots under Elah, and, as it seems, made use of his position to conspire against his master. The occasion for his crime was furnished by the absence of the army, which, under the direction of Omri, was engaged in the siege of the Philistine town Gibbethon. While Elah was in a drunken debauch in the house of his steward Arza, who may have been an accomplice in the plot, he was foully murdered by Zimri, who ascended the throne and put the remnant of Elah's family to death, thus fulfilling the prophecy of Jehu concerning the house of Baasha. However, the conspiracy lacked the support of the people, for word of the crime no sooner reached Gibbethon, than the army raised Omri to the throne of Israel. Omri at once hastened to Tirzah and captured the place, which as it seems offered little resistance. Zimri resolved to die as king, and accordingly set fire to the palace with his own hands, and perished in the flames that he had kindled. Thus came to an ignominious end the short reign which remained as a blot even upon the blood-stained record of the deeds of violence that ushered in the change of dynasties in the Northern Kingdom, for the foul crime was abhorred even among arch plotters. When Jehu entered Jezreel he was met with Jezebel's bitter taunt, "Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?" (2 Ki 9:31). The historian too, in the closing formula of the reign, specially mentions "his treason that he worked."

S. K. Mosiman