עֲדָיָ֫הוּ

a.da.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H5718

Adaiah

From: or עֲדָיָהוּ; from H5710 (עָדָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has adorned;

Short Definition

Adajah, the name of eight Israelites

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; father of: Jedidah (H3040) § Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself" 1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of ) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of ) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi 4) a priest, son of Jehoram 5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada 6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

8 times

Appears 8 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Chronicles
2
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
2
2 Chronicles
1
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 8:21
  • 1 Chronicles 9:12
  • 2 Chronicles 23:1
  • 2 Kings 22:1
  • Ezra 10:29

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