HebrewH3038Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְדוּתוּן

ye.du.tun

11Occurrences
H3038Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jeduthun, an Israelite

or יְדֻתוּן; or יְדִיתוּן; probably from H3034 (יָדָה); laudatory;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Kishi (H7029); father of: Obed-edom (H5654), Mattithiah (H4993H), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H), Hashabiah (H2811I), Shemaiah (H8098K) and Uzziel (H5816K); also called Ethan at ; Also named: e.tan (*אֵיתָן *"Ethan" H0387J) § Jeduthun = "praising" a Levite of the family of Merari and the chief of one of the 3 choirs of the temple whose descendants also formed one of the perpetual temple choirs; he is named at the beginning of 3 Psalms (; 77: either as the composer or the recipient of those Psalms but most likely as the leader of the choir by which those Psalms were to be sung

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְדוּתוּן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
7
2 Chronicles
3
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:38BSB

along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 16:42BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 25:3BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 9:16BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 35:15BSB

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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