HebrewH3048Proper Noun (Masculine)
יְדַעְיָה
ye.da.yah
“Jedaiah”
11Occurrences
H3048Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Jedajah, the name of two Israelites
from H3045 (יָדַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has known;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; son of: Joiarib (H3114) § Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known" 1) a priest in Jerusalem 2) a man who returned with Zerubbabel 3) a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua 4) a post exilic priest 5) one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
יְדַעְיָה appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Nehemiah
6
1 Chronicles
2
Zechariah
2
Ezra
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 24:7BSB
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib,the second to Jedaiah,
Ezra 2:36BSB
The priests:The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
Nehemiah 12:6BSB
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah 12:19BSB
of Joiarib, Mattenai;of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
Nehemiah 7:39BSB
The priests:the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.