Zebedaios identifies Zebedee in references to James and John as his sons and, once, to Zebedee as their father.

The term consistently identifies Zebedee through family references to James and John: most occurrences use the genitive singular in phrases concerning his sons, while Mark 1:20 names him directly as the father left in the boat.

1. Zebedee in family identification · dominant

   The genitive singular form marks Zebedee in identifying James and John as his sons; in Matthew 4:21 the APB renders James and John in a boat with “Zebedee their father,” and in Mark 3:17 it renders James as “the son of Zebedee.” The same family identification also frames the mother of the sons in Matthew 20:20 and Matthew 27:56, while Mark 1:20 uses the accusative singular for Zebedee as the father left in the boat.

   Matthew 4:21Mark 1:20Mark 3:17Matthew 10:2Matthew 20:20John 21:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB presents the name in family expressions such as “son of Zebedee,” “sons of Zebedee,” and “Zebedee their father.” These renderings show the verse-level family relation rather than a fixed English equivalent for each form.