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Zebulun

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Zeb·u·lon also Zeb·u·lun  (zby-ln)
In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

Zebulun [ˈzɛbjʊlən zəˈbjuː-]
n Old Testament
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the sixth son whom Leah bore to Jacob: one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (Genesis 30:20)
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the tribe descended from him
3. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the territory of this tribe, lying in lower Galilee to the north of Mount Carmel and to the east of the coastal plain Douay spelling Zabulon [ˈzæbjʊlən zəˈbjuː-]


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Zebulun and Naphtali are two of the tribes of Israel, which were located in the present-day region of Galilee.
Isaacher (Wil Shupe), Asher (Paul David Bartlett), Dan (Dan Shaw), Zebulun (Wentworth Miller), Gad (Scott Brodie) and Judah (Joseph Bearss).
Humble themselves: Rehoboam, the northern tribes of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Josiah.
 
 
 
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