Lexical Definition

‎יְדַעְיָה‎ Yᵉdaʻyâh (yed-ah-yaw') Jedaiah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָדַע‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has known

Jedaiah.

• § Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known"
• Jedajah, the name of two Israelites

1) a priest in Jerusalem
2) a man who returned with Zerubbabel
3) a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua
4) a post exilic priest
5) one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְדַעְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (Sabean proper name ‎ידעאל‎ DHM^{ZMG 1875, 605}) priestly name; —

1. 1Chr 9:10 ᵐ5 Ιωαδε, 1Chr 24:7 ᵐ5 (Ανε)ιδεια.

2. Ezra 2:36; Neh 7:39 ᵐ5 Ιεουδα, (Ι)εδδουα, Ιωαδε.

3. Neh 11:10; Neh 12:6; Neh 12:19 ᵐ5 Δαδεια, Ιαδιασς, Ιδειας, etc.

4. Neh 12:7; Neh 12:21 ᵐ5^L Ωδουιας.

5. Zech 6:10; Zech 6:14 ᵐ5 ((παρὰ) τῶν ἐπεγνωκότων αὐτήν.

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