[1] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

zebedee
   a galilean fisherman, the husband of salome q.v., and the
   father of james and john, two of our lord's disciples matt.
   4:21; 27:56; mark 15:40. he seems to have been a man of some
   position in capernaum, for he had two boats luke 5:4 and
   "hired servants" mark 1:20 of his own. no mention is made of
   him after the call of his two sons by jesus.
   

[2] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

zebedee, abundant; portion

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