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Mary Salome and Zebedee with their Sons James the Greater and John the Evangelist
By
Hans von Kulmbach
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载伯德

載伯德
Zàibódé
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zebedee (biblical name)
  2. 2 father of the apostles James and John

About Zebedee

宗教人物 religious figure

A Galilean fisherman in the New Testament whose sons James and John left his boat to follow Jesus and became apostles. This is the Catholic Bible's spelling; Protestant Bibles write 西庇太.

Also called  西庇太

Examples

HSK 6
Zàibódé shì Yēsū méntú Yuēhàn hé Yǎgè de fùqīn.
Zebedee was the father of Jesus' disciples John and James.
HSK 7-9
Shèngjīng zhōng tídào Zàibódé shì ge yúfū.
The Bible mentions that Zebedee was a fisherman.

In Pop Culture

西庇太 Xī bì tài
Zebedee (alternative Protestant transliteration)
The Protestant Chinese Union Version uses 西庇太 for the same biblical figure; 载伯德 is the Catholic rendering.

Stroke Order

载 zǎi
伯 bó
德 dé