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Strong's H2074 זְבוּלוּן (zebulun)

Zbuwluwn - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2074 — esrom in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2074
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 43
Books 11

Strong's H2074 Quick Answer

Strong's H2074 זְבוּלוּן זֶבוּלוּן זֶבוּלוּן (Zbuwluwn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Zbuwluwn (zeb-oo-loon') (or Zbuluwn {zeb-oo-loon'}or Zbuwlun {zeb-oo-loon'};) n/p. 1. habitation 2. Zebulon, a son of Jacob It has 43 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include son, zebulun, tribe, sons, and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Zbuwluwn (zeb-oo-loon') (or Zbuluwn {zeb-oo-loon'}or Zbuwlun {zeb-oo-loon'};) n/p. 1. habitation 2. Zebulon, a son of Jacob
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
son, zebulun, tribe, sons, and also

Meaning and Definition

Zbuwluwn (zeb-oo-loon') (or Zbuluwn {zeb-oo-loon'}or Zbuwlun {zeb-oo-loon'};) n/p. 1. habitation 2. Zebulon, a son of Jacob 3. also his territory and tribe [from H2082] KJV: Zebulun. Root(s): H2082

Original Word
זְבוּלוּן זֶבוּלוּן זֶבוּלוּן
Transliteration
Zbuwluwn
Derivation
Root: זבל First root strongs: 2082
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2074. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Zebulun

Usage: A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.20; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H0356H) and Jahleel (H3177) § Zebulun = "exalted" 1) the 10th of the sons of Jacob, 6th and last of Leah;

progenitor of Zebulun 2) the tribe descended from Zebulun 3) the land allocated to the tribe of Zebulun

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How Strong's H2074 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Zbuwluwn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

son Numbers 1:9 Zebulun Genesis 30:20 tribe Numbers 1:31 sons Numbers 26:26 also Judges 6:35

How Strong's H2074 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2074 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2074 in the Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 30:20 KJV

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

Genesis 35:23 KJV

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 46:14 KJV

And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2074.

Genesis 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Genesis 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 46:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13 Old Testament, KJV
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Exodus 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
Numbers 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:31 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
Numbers 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
Numbers 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Numbers 26:26 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
Numbers 34:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
Deuteronomy 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
Joshua 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
Joshua 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:27 Old Testament, KJV
And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
Joshua 19:34 Old Testament, KJV
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
Joshua 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
Judges 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Judges 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judges 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Judges 6:35 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
Judges 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 6:63 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
1 Chronicles 6:77 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles 12:33 Old Testament, KJV
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
1 Chronicles 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
2 Chronicles 30:10 Old Testament, KJV
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
2 Chronicles 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
Psalms 68:27 Old Testament, KJV
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
Isaiah 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
Ezekiel 48:26 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
Ezekiel 48:27 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
Ezekiel 48:33 Old Testament, KJV
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2074, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 6 usages, Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2074 FAQ

What does zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) mean?

Zebulun (Strong's H2074) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Zebulun". Zbuwluwn (zeb-oo-loon') (or Zbuluwn {zeb-oo-loon'}or Zbuwlun {zeb-oo-loon'};) n/p. 1. habitation 2. Zebulon, a son of Jacob

How many times is zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's H2074 across 11 books.

Where can I study zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2074 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate zebulun (זְבוּלוּן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as son, zebulun, tribe, sons, and also. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.