'Zebedee' (zibhdi, "the gift of God"; Zebedaios) is a name used in several contexts:
★ In the
Bible, Zebedee was a Hebrew fisherman, the husband of Salome, and the father of
James and
John, two of the
Apostles of
Jesus
★ Zebedee is a character in the
BBC children's programme ''
The Magic Roundabout''.
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Zebedee is also villanous Z-stack character in the 1989 children's programme ''
TUGS''
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Zebedee is also the name of a
Multi-User Dungeon game
★ Zebedee is a nickname given to a 4-shot of coffee, so called for its powerfully energising effect, making one act like the character Zebedee from ''
The Magic Roundabout''. The character has a huge spring instead of legs, and hence bounced around.
★
Zebedee is also a simple program to establish an encrypted, compressed “tunnel” for TCP/IP or UDP data transfer between two systems.
★ New Zebedee is the name of a fictional town which appears in children's works by
John Bellairs and
Brad Strickland.
★ Zebedee is also the name of a pricing tool used by a major bank.
★ Zebedee is also the moniker of a well-known London-based underground techno DJ.
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Zebedee is also the name of a scientific instrument manufacturer.
★ Zeberdee is also the name of a cocaine addict in the movie ''
The Football Factory'' nicknamed after the Magic Roundabout character.