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View Name: Zebulun


ZEBULUN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
PRONOUNCED: ZEB-yoo-lən (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "exaltation" in Hebrew. Zebulun is the tenth son of Jacob in the Old Testament and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This is also the name of a plain in Israel.
Related Names
VARIANT: Zebulon
OTHER LANGUAGES: Zaboulon (Biblical Greek), Zevulun (Biblical Hebrew), Zabulon (Biblical Latin)



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