Yaddûwaʻ — H3037
H3037 · Hebrew — ידוע
Pronunciation: yad-doo'-ah
Definition
masculine proper noun
Jaddua, the name of two Israelites
- Jaddua = "knowing"
- one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great
Usually translated as
Jaddua
Origin
from H3045; knowing
Occurrences
Yaddûwaʻ occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (3)
- Nehemiah 10:21 — Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua (יַדּֽוּעַ),
- Nehemiah 12:11 — And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua (יַדּֽוּעַ).
- Nehemiah 12:22 — The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua (וְיַדּ֔וּעַ), were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
Strong's Lexicon — Y