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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֲדָיָה

עֲדָיָה

H5718

Transliteration: ʻĂdâyâh

Pronunciation: ad-aw-yaw'

Definition: Adaiah


Original: עדיהוּ עדיה

Transliteration: ‛ădâyâh ‛ădâyâhû

Phonetic: ad-aw-yaw'

BDB Definition:

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
  1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
  2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
  3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
  4. a priest, son of Jehoram
  5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
  6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Origin: from H5710" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5710 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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