H2078 - זֶבַח (Zebach)

H2078 זֶבַח (Zebach) zeh'-bakh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Zebah

Biblical Persons & Places

Zebah King living before Israel's Monarchy

A king of Midia living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.8.5; only referred to as Zebah (זֶ֫בַח).

Strong's Definition

Zebach, a Midianitish prince

Derivation: the same as H2077 (זֶבַח); sacrifice;

KJV Usage: Zebah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Zebah = "deprived of protection"

1) one of the two kings of Midian who commanded the great invasion of Palestine and finally were defeated by Gideon

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.8.5 § Zebah = "deprived of protection" one of the two kings of Midian who commanded the great invasion of Palestine and finally were defeated by Gideon

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

זֶבַח zebach BDB Definition: Zebah = deprived of protection 1) one of the two kings of Midian who commanded the great invasion of Palestine and finally were defeated by Gideon Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H2077 Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (9)

8:5 8:6 8:7 8:10 8:12 8:15 8:18 8:21

83:11

Judges 8:5

So [Gideon] said to the men of Succoth, Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing... Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

Judges 8:6

But the leaders of Succoth asked, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?

Judges 8:7

Very well, Gideon replied, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness...!

Judges 8:10

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen... thousand [men] — all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen...... had already fallen.

Judges 8:12

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, [Gideon] pursued... and captured these two kings of Midian -, routing their entire army.

Judges 8:15

And [Gideon] went to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?

Judges 8:18

Next, [Gideon] asked... Zebah... and Zalmunna, What kind of men did you kill at Tabor? Men like you,... they answered, [each] one resembling the son of a king.

Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength. So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.