Yᵉdîydâh — H3040

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jedidah, an Israelitess

1. Jedidah = "beloved"
2. the wife of king Amon and mother of king Josiah

Usually translated as

Jedidah

Origin

feminine of H3039; beloved

• Yᵉdîyd (H3039)

Greek equivalents

• agapáō (G25)

Occurrences

Yᵉdîydâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1)

• 2 Kings 22:1 — Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah (יְדִידָ֥ה), the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.