Lexical Definition

‎בֵּדְיָה‎ Bêdᵉyâh (bay-de-yaw') Bedeiah ^N:N-M-P
probably a shortened form ‎עֹבַדְיָה‎; servant of Jehovah

Bedeiah.

• § Bedeiah = "servant of Jehovah"
• Bedejah, an Israelite

1) an Israelite exile who took a foreign woman

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.35

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎ֵ˜בּדְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (= ‎עֲבֵדְיָה‎ servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ ? ᵐ5 Βαραια, ᵐ5^L Βαδαια) an Israelite Ezra 10:35.

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Male • Returned divorcee • An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Bedeiah was one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the exile and agreed to send them away.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.35;
• only referred to as Bedeiah בֵּדְיָה.

Bedeiah is mentioned in Ezra 10:35 as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. The context of the passage is Ezra's reform, where he addressed the issue of intermarriage between the returned exiles and the neighboring peoples. This practice was seen as a violation of God's law and a threat to the spiritual purity of the community. Ezra called for the people to confess their sin and to separate themselves from their foreign wives and children. Bedeiah is listed among those who agreed to send away their foreign wives, demonstrating his compliance with Ezra's directive.

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