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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פְּדָיָה
פְּדָיָה
H6305
Transliteration: Pᵉdâyâh
Pronunciation: ped-aw-yaw'
Definition: Pedaiah
Original: פּדיהוּ פּדיה Transliteration: pedâyâh pedâyâhû Phonetic: ped-aw-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"- father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah
- 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