Lexical Definition

‎יַדּוּעַ‎ Yaddûwaʻ (yad-doo'-ah) Jaddua ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָדַע‎; knowing

Jaddua.

• § Jaddua = "knowing"
• Jaddua, the name of two Israelites

1) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
2) son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַדוּעַ‎

proper name, masculine 1. a chief of the people, one of those sealed Neh 10:22* ᵐ5^L Ιεδδαυα.

2. a priest, probably the high priest in time of Alexander the Great Neh 12:11; Neh 12:22 ᵐ5 Ιαδου, ᵐ5^L Ιεδδου (whence Lag^{BN 113} reads ‎יִדּוּעַ‎).

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