Yᵉdîyʻăʼêl — H3043

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jediael, the name of three Israelites

1. Jediael = "God makes known"
2. a chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin; maybe the same as 'Ashbel'
3. the 2nd son of Meshelemiahand a Korahite gatekeeper
4. son of Shimri and one of David's mighty warriors
5. one of the chiefs of the thousands of Manasseh who joined David on his march to Ziklag; maybe the same man as 3 above

Usually translated as

Jediael

Origin

from H3045 and H410; knowing God

• Derived from Yâdaʻ (H3045)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Yᵉdîyʻăʼêl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (6)

• 1 Chronicles 7:6 — The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael (וִידִֽיעֲאֵ֖ל), three.
• 1 Chronicles 7:10 — The sons also of Jediael (יְדִיעֲאֵ֖ל); Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
• 1 Chronicles 7:11 — All these the sons of Jediael (יְדִֽיעֲאֵל֙), by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
• 1 Chronicles 11:45 — Jediael (יְדִֽיעֲאֵל֙) the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
• 1 Chronicles 12:20 — As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael (וִידִֽיעֲאֵל֙), and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
• 1 Chronicles 26:2 — And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael (יְדִֽיעֲאֵ֣ל) the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,