Pᵉdâyâh — H6305

Definition

masculine proper noun

Pedajah, the name of six Israelites

1. Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"
2. father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah
3. father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession

Usually translated as

Pedaiah

Origin

or Pᵉdâyâhûw; from H6299 and H3050; Jah has ransomed

• Derived from Pâdâh (H6299)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Greek equivalents

• hetoimázō (G2090)

Occurrences

Pᵉdâyâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (4)

• 2 Kings 23:36 — Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah (פְּדָיָ֖ה) of Rumah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:18 — Malchiram also, and Pedaiah (וּפְדָיָ֖ה), and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
• 1 Chronicles 3:19 — And the sons of Pedaiah (פְדָיָ֔ה) were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
• 1 Chronicles 27:20 — Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah (פְּדָיָֽהוּ):
• Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah (פְּדָיָ֥ה) the son of Parosh.
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah (פְּ֠דָיָה), and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
• Nehemiah 11:7 — And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah (פְּדָיָה֩), the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
• Nehemiah 13:13 — And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah (וּפְדָיָה֙): and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.