Ze'ev ( he, זאב \ זְאֵב ''zeév''), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a name of Hebrew origin which means

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. The given name is a masculine form used among

Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

. It is a

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name, adapted from a reference to Benjamin in

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as a "wolf that raveneth". It re-appeared in relatively recent times as a translation of the Yiddish name װאָלף "Volf" or "Wolf". The name "Wolf" (in

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) was relatively common among

s. The Bible mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the

Midian Midian (; he, מִדְיָן ''Mīḏyān'' ; ar, مَدْيَن, Madyan; grc-gre, Μαδιάμ, ''Madiam'') is a geographical place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest A ...

ite leaders defeated by the Judge

Gideon Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Ab ...

(see

Oreb and Zeeb Oreb (Hebrew: עֹרֵב, ''Orev'') and Zeeb (Hebrew: זְאֵב, ''Z'ev'') were two Midianite princes mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Oreb ()Ze'ev (caricaturist) (1923–2002), Israeli caricaturist *

Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Aleksandrowicz ( Hebrew: 'זאב אלכסנדרוביץ) (April 7, 1905 – January 5, 1992) was an Israeli photographer. He is mostly known for his work in Palestine and Japan, during the first half of the 1930s. Early life A ...

(1905–1992), Israeli photographer * Zeev Aram (born 1931), British furniture and interior designer * Ze'ev Almog (born 1935), Israeli admiral * Ze'ev Ben-Haim (1907–2013), Israeli linguist *

Zeev Ben-Zvi Zeev Ben-Zvi ( he, זאב בן-צבי) (1904–1952) was an Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors. Biography Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. In 1923, he immigrated to Mandat ...

(1904–1952), Israeli sculptor * Ze'ev Bielski (born 1949), Israeli politician and diplomat * Ze'ev Boim (1943–2011), Israeli politician * Ze'ev Chafets (born 1947), American writer * Ze'ev Drori (born 1940), Israeli businessman * Ze'ev Elkin (born 1971), Israeli politician * Ze'ev Friedman (1944–1972), Israeli weightlifter * Ze'ev Haimovich (born 1983), Israeli football player * Ze'ev Herzog (born 1941), Israeli archaeologist * Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940), Russian Jewish leader * Ze'ev Maghen (born 1964), Israeli historian * Zeev Maoz (born 1945), American political scientist *

Zeev Nehari Zeev Nehari (born Willi Weissbach; 2 February 1915 – 1978) was a mathematician who worked on Complex Analysis, Univalent Functions Theory and Differential and Integral Equations. He was a student of Michael (Mihály) Fekete. The Nehari manifold ...

(1915–1978), Israeli mathematician * Ze'ev Raban (1890–1970), Israeli artist * Zeev Rechter (1899–1960), Israeli architect * Zeev Reiss (1917–1996), Israeli scientist * Ze'ev Revach (born 1940), Israeli actor and comedian *

Zeev Rudnick Zeev Rudnick or Ze'ev Rudnick (born 1961 in Haifa, Israel) is a mathematician, specializing in number theory and in mathematical physics, notably quantum chaos. Rudnick is a professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Cissie and Aaron ...

(born 1961), Israeli mathematician *

Ze'ev Safrai Ze'ev Safrai ( he, זאב ספראי; born 1948, Jerusalem) is an Israeli Professor in the Department for Israel Studies in Bar Ilan University, as well as an author, lecturer and researcher of Israel in the Second Temple era . His main project ...

(born 1948), Israeli historian * Ze'ev Schiff (1932–2007), Israeli journalist * Ze'ev Sherf (1904–1984), Israeli politician *

Zeev Sternhell Zeev Sternhell ( he, זאב שטרנהל; 10 April 1935 – 21 June 2020) was a Polish-born Israeli historian, political scientist, commentator on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and writer. He was one of the world's leading theorists of the ...

(1935-2020), Israeli historian *

Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes ( yi, , russian: рабби Зеев Волф Кицис; born – died between 1764-1775, Poland) was a noted Hasidic rabbi. He was the rabbi of the Tulchin (Тульчин) community in Vinnitsya. Later he moved to ...

(1685–1788), Polish rabbi *

Ze'ev Zrizi Ze'ev Zrizi, he, זאב זריזי (born 1916 – August 3, 2011) was the second mayor of the Israeli city of Beersheba. Zrizi was a member of the city council since 1949, representing Mapam. In 1961 after political changes within the city, the ...

(1916–2011), Israeli politician

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Zev Aelony Zev Aelony (February 21, 1938 – November 1, 2009) was an American activist involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He was an organizer of the civil rights student group Students for Integration, a CORE Soul Force Member, a Freedom Rider, a ...

(1938–2009), American civil rights activist * Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician * Zev Braun (born 1928), American film producer * Zev Buffman (born 1930), American theater producer *

Zev Golan Zev Golan ( he, זאב גולן) is an Israeli historian, author, and Senior Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, where he was previously Director of the Public Policy Center. In the 1970s he was one of the world's foremost ...

, Israeli historian * Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (born 1933), English author born Warren Kenton *

Zev Hirsch Bernstein Zev Hirsch Bernstein (1847 in Władysławów, Augustów Governorate, Congress Poland – 1907 in Tannersville, New York) was the author and compiler of the '' Hatsofe B'Erez Hachadosho'', the first Hebrew periodical in the United States T ...

(1847–1907), American writer * Zev Kurzberg, British & Israeli Military Official, Explorer & Philanthropist, (1972- to date) * Zev Siegl (born 1955), American businessman *

Zev Sufott Zev Sufott (27 October 1927 – 18 April 2014) was an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, beginning in 1992. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he was also a former Israeli Ambassador t ...

(1927–2014), Israeli diplomat * Zev Taublieb (born 1993), American soccer player * Zev Vilnay (1900–1988), Israeli geographer *

Zev Wolfson Zev Wolfson (September 27, 1928 – August 13, 2012) was a Jewish businessman and philanthropist, who has been remembered as one of the most important figures in American Orthodoxy over the past century. Background Born to a Jewish family in Vil ...

(1928–2012), American businessman * Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948), American politician

Zehev

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(born 1937), Israeli

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and president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

People with the surname

* Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician *

Oren Zeev Oren Zeev is an Israeli-American venture capitalist and head of Zeev Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with early-round investments in technology companies. Zeev has had notable investments in Houzz, Audible, Chegg, TripActions, ...

(born 1964), technology investor

Fictional characters

Ze'ev Kesley ''The Lunar Chronicles'' is a series of four young adult science fiction fantasy novels, a novella and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Each book entails a science fictional tw ...

, fictional character in ''The Lunar Chronicles'' fantasy novels

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People with the surname

Fictional characters

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