HebrewH6305Proper Noun (Masculine)

פְּדָיָהוּ

pe.da.yah

8Occurrences
H6305Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Pedajah, the name of six Israelites

or פְּדָיָהוּ; from H6299 (פָּדָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has ransomed;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; father of: Zebidah (H2080) § Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed" 1) father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of ) father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פְּדָיָהוּ appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
4
1 Chronicles
3
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:20BSB

over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah;over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;

1 Chronicles 3:18BSB

Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

1 Chronicles 3:19BSB

The sons of Pedaiah:Zerubbabel and Shimei.The children of Zerubbabel:Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,

2 Kings 23:36BSB

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

Nehemiah 11:7BSB

From the descendants of Benjamin:Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

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