יְדוּתוּן
ye.du.tun
“Jeduthun”
Definition
Jeduthun, an Israelite
or יְדֻתוּן; or יְדִיתוּן; probably from H3034 (יָדָה); laudatory;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
יְדוּתוּן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun;and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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