Proper noun

1. Tenth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Zebulun.

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:34

  And out of the families of the children of Merari, the reat of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,