Zorobabel identifies a man named within ancestry statements, as son and father in the cited lines.

The attested use is a personal name within ancestry statements: the cited lines place this person as the son of named individuals and as the father of others.

1. Personal name in ancestry statements · dominant

   In Luke 3:27, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in a sequence identifying him as the son of Shealtiel and father of Rhesa; the APB renders the line "the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel." In Matthew 1:12 the accusative singular masculine form follows the action of Shealtiel begetting him, while Matthew 1:13 uses the nominative singular masculine form as the subject of begetting Abiud; the APB renders "Shealtiel then begot Zerubbabel" and "Zerubbabel then begot Abiud."

   Luke 3:27Matthew 1:12Matthew 1:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the name in ancestry sequences, using "the son of Zerubbabel" in Luke 3:27 and statements that he was begotten or begot another person in Matthew 1:12 and Matthew 1:13. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently retain the name.