Lexical Definition

‎פְּדָיָה‎ Pᵉdâyâh (ped-aw-yaw') Pedaiah ^N:N-M-P
or פְּדָיָהוּ Pᵉdâyâhûw (ped-awyaw'-hoo); from ‎פָּדָה‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has ransomed

Pedaiah.

• § Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"
• Pedajah, the name of six Israelites

1) father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah
2) 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

See Greek: ἑτοιμάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פְּדָיָהוּ‎, ‎פְּדָיָה‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath ransomed; in late Assyrian Padâma, Hilpr^{Univ. Pa, Exp. ix. 27, 68}); — ‎פְּדָיָה‎:

1. father-in-law of Josiah 2Kgs 23:36, but ᵐ5 Εδειλ (ᵐ5^L Ιερεμιας, from v2Kgs 23:31).

2. father of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:18; 1Chr 3:19.

3. a. Neh 3:25.
b. Neh 8:4.

4. Benjamite Neh 11:7.

5. Levite Neh 13:13.

6. ‎פְּדָיָהוּ‎, Manassite 1Chr 27:20 — ᵐ5 (except 1) Φα(λ)δαιας, etc.

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