ZEBEDEE

'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''.

★ Zebedee is also villanous Z-stack character in the 1989 children's programme ''TUGS''

★ 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.

★ 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.