Zebedee

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Biblical figure New Testament person fisherman

Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Zebedee canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Zebedee
Context triple: [Apostle John, father, Zebedee]

A. Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
B. Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
C. Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
D. Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
E. Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Zebedee
Target entity description: Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.

A. Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
B. Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
C. Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
D. Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
E. Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical figure ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ fisherman ⓘ
appearsWith	James the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: Apostle James the Greater Jesus ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ John the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: John son of Zebedee
associatedWith	Sea of Galilee ⓘ
child	James the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: Apostle James the Greater John the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: John son of Zebedee
country	Roman Judea ⓘ linked to: Judea
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
fatherOf	James the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: Apostle James the Greater John the son of Zebedee ⓘ linked to: John son of Zebedee
hasBoat	fishing boat ⓘ
hasEmployees	hired servants ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
nameForm	Ζεβεδαῖος (Greek form) ⓘ
nameLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
notableFor	being a Galilean fisherman ⓘ being the father of the apostles James and John ⓘ
occupation	fisherman ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Capernaum ⓘ Galilee ⓘ
sourceText	New Testament ⓘ
spouse	Salome (mother of James and John) ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century ⓘ