פְּדָיָהוּ

pe.da.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H6305

Pedaiah

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

Short Definition

Pedajah, the name of six Israelites

Full Lexicon Entry

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

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:

Nehemiah
4
1 Chronicles
3
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 27:20
  • 1 Chronicles 3:18
  • 1 Chronicles 3:19
  • 2 Kings 23:36
  • Nehemiah 11:7

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.