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Zebedee

ZEBEDEO

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ZEBEDEE (Heb. Zabhdaj, abbreviation of Zēbhadājāh, "Gift of Jahweh"). - Father of the apostles James the Greater (v.) and John (v.). He was the husband of Salome (v.).

He was probably a native of Bethsaida; he ran the fishing business in which his sons, some hired hands, and his partners Andrew (v.) and Peter (v.) collaborated, who were later called to the apostolate together with the sons of Z. On that occasion Z., with his sons and the hired hands, was busy mending the nets (Mk. 1:16-20). He must have enjoyed a certain prosperity. From the fact that Salome was able to follow and assist Jesus in the latter part of his public life and even to the foot of Calvary, one may deduce that Z. had died before the Savior's Passion.

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BIBL.: anon, Zēbēdeč, in DB, V, coll. 2534-35.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1785.

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De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Zebedeo (Dall'Ebr. Zabhdaj, abbreviazione di zēbhadājāh «dono di jahweh»).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1785. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zebedeo-dall-ebr-zabhdaj-abbreviazione-di-zebhadajah-dono-di-jahweh.

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De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Zebedeo (Dall'Ebr. Zabhdaj, abbreviazione di zēbhadājāh «dono di jahweh»).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1785. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zebedeo-dall-ebr-zabhdaj-abbreviazione-di-zebhadajah-dono-di-jahweh.

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  author    = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
  title     = {Zebedeo (Dall'Ebr. Zabhdaj, abbreviazione di zēbhadājāh «dono di jahweh»)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1785},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zebedeo-dall-ebr-zabhdaj-abbreviazione-di-zebhadajah-dono-di-jahweh}
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