Yᵉdûwthûwn — H3038

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jeduthun, an Israelite

1. Jeduthun = "praising"
2. 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 (Ps 39:1; 62:1; 77:1) 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

Usually translated as

Jeduthun

Origin

or Yᵉduthûwn; or Yᵉdîythûwn; probably from H3034; laudatory

• Yâdâh (H3034)

Occurrences

Yᵉdûwthûwn occurs 14 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 9:16 — And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun (יְדוּת֑וּן), and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
• 1 Chronicles 16:38 — And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun (יְדִית֛וּן) and Hosah to be porters:
• 1 Chronicles 16:41 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun (וִֽידוּת֔וּן), and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
• 1 Chronicles 16:42 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun (וִֽידוּת֜וּן) with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun (יְדוּת֖וּן) were porters.
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun (וִֽידוּת֔וּן), who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 — Of Jeduthun (לִידוּת֑וּן): the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 — Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun (יְדוּת֡וּן); Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 — Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun (יְדוּתוּן֙), who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6 — All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun (וִידוּת֖וּן), and Heman.
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun (לִֽ֠ידֻתוּן), with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
• 2 Chronicles 29:14 — And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun (יְדוּת֔וּן); Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
• 2 Chronicles 35:15 — And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun (וִֽידֻתוּן֙) the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
• Nehemiah 11:17 — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun (יְדוּתֽוּן).