Dictionaries :: Noadiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Noadiah:

meeting with the Lord. (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezr 8:33).

(2.) A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Neh 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to stir up discontent among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and so to embarrass Nehemiah in his great work of rebuilding the ruined walls of the city.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Noadiah:

witness, or ornament, of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Noadiah:

no-a-di'-a (no‘adhyah, "tryst of Yah"; Noadei):

(1) Son of Binnui, one of the Levites to whom Ezra entrusted the gold and silver and sacred vessels which he brought up from Babylon (Ezr 8:33); also called MOETH (which  see), son of Sabannus (1 Esdras 8:63).

(2) A prophetess associated with Tobiah and Sanballat in opposition to Nehemiah (Ne 6:14).

Nave's Topical Bible

Noadiah: 1. A Levite

Who assisted in weighing the silver, gold, and vessels of the temple which were brought back from Babylon,

Ezr 8:33.

Noadiah: 2. A False Prophetess

Neh 6:14

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Noadiah:

(whom Jehovah meets).

(1.) A Levite, son of Binnui who with Meremoth, Eleazar and Jozabad weighed the vessels of gold and silver belonging to the temple which were brought back from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (B.C. 459)

(2.) The prophetess Noadiah joined Sanballet and Tobiah in their attempt to intimidate Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:14). (B.C. 445)