Yᵉdaʻyâh — H3048

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jedajah, the name of two Israelites

1. Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known"
2. a priest in Jerusalem
3. a man who returned with Zerubbabel
4. a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua
5. a post exilic priest
6. one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above

Usually translated as

Jedaiah

Origin

from H3045 and H3050; Jah has known

• Derived from Yâdaʻ (H3045)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Yᵉdaʻyâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (6), Zechariah (2)

• 1 Chronicles 9:10 — And of the priests; Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָ֥ה), and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
• 1 Chronicles 24:7 — Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah (לִֽידַעְיָ֖ה),
• Ezra 2:36 — The priests: the children of Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָה֙), of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
• Nehemiah 7:39 — The priests: the children of Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָה֙), of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
• Nehemiah 11:10 — Of the priests: Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָ֥ה) the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
• Nehemiah 12:6 — Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָֽה),
• Nehemiah 12:7 — Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה). These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
• Nehemiah 12:19 — And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah (לִֽידַֽעְיָ֖ה), Uzzi;
• Nehemiah 12:21 — Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah (לִֽידַֽעְיָ֖ה), Nethaneel.
• Zechariah 6:10 — Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah (יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה), which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
• Zechariah 6:14 — And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah (וְלִידַֽעְיָ֔ה), and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.