Dictionaries :: Iddo

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Iddo:

(1.) Timely (1Ch 6:21). A Gershonite Levite.

(2.) Lovely. The son of Zechariah (1Ch 27:21), the ruler of Manasseh in David's time.

(3.) Timely. The father of Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon's purveyors (1Ki 4:14).

(4.) Lovely. A prophet of Judah who wrote the history of Rehoboam and Abijah (2Ch 12:15). He has been identified with Oded (2Ch 15:1).

(5.) Lovely. The father of Berachiah, and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zec 1:1,7). He returned from Babylon (Neh 12:4).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Iddo:

his band; power; praise

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Iddo:

id'-o:

(1) ('iddo (?[~'adhadh, "to be strong"), "hap," "happy" (?),Ezr 8:17): The "chief at the place Casiphia," who provided Ezra with Levites and Nethinim, the head of the Levitical body or school, said to be one of the Nethinim or temple slaves, but perhaps an "and" has slipped out, and it should read: "his brethren and the Nethinim." 1 Esdras 8:45,46 has "Loddeus (the King James Version "Saddeus"), the captain who was in the place of the treasury," keceph meaning silver. Septuagint has "in the place of the silver (en argurio tou topou).... to his brethren and to the treasurers."

(2) (yiddo, "beloved," or "loving," 1Ch 27:21): Son of Zechariah, and captain of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, under David.

(3) (yiddo, "beloved," or "loving," Ezr 10:43): One of those who had taken foreign wives. Another reading is Jaddai, the King James Version "Jadau." In 1 Esdras 9:35 "Edos" (the King James Version "Edes").

(4) (‘iddo'," timely," 1Ki 4:14): Father of Abinadab, Solomon's commissary in Mahanaim in Gilead.

(5) (yiddo, "beloved," or "loving," 1Ch 6:21): A Gershomite Levite, son of Joah, called Adaiah in verse 41; ancestor of Asaph.

(6) (ye‘do (Kethibh ye‘di), or ‘iddo, "decked," "adorned"): Seer (chozeh) and prophet (nabhi), the Chronicler's "source" for the reign of Solomon (2Ch 9:29): "The visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat"; and for the reign of Rehoboam (2Ch 12:15): "The histories of Iddo (‘iddo) the seer, after the manner of (or, "in reckoning") genealogies"; and for the reign of Abijah (2Ch 13:22): "The commentary (midhrash) of the prophet Iddo" (‘iddo). He may have been the prophet who denounced Jeroboam (1Ki 13), who is called by Josephus and Jerome Jadon, or Jaddo. Jerome makes Iddo and Oded the same.

(7) (‘iddo, "timely," Zec 1:1): Grandfather (father, according to Ezra) of the prophet, Zechariah. See also Zec 1:7; Ezr 5:1; 6:14 (‘iddo'). In 1 Esdras 6:1, "Addo."

(8) (‘iddo'," decked," "adorned," Ne 12:4,16): A priest who went up with Zerubbabel (12:4); one of the priestly clans which went up (12:16); perhaps same as (7).

Written by Philip Wendell Crannell

Nave's Topical Bible

Iddo: 1. Father of Ahinadab

1Ki 4:14

Iddo: 2. A Descendant of Gershom

1Ch 6:21

Iddo: 3. A Son of Zechariah

1Ch 27:21

Iddo: 4. A Prophet

2Ch 9:29; 12:15; 13:22

Iddo: 5. Ancestor of Zechariah

Ezr 5:1; 6:14; Zec 1:1, 7

Iddo: 6. A Priest

Neh 12:4, 16

Iddo: 7. The Chief of the Jews

Established at Casiphia,

Ezr 8:17.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Iddo:

(timely or lovely).

(1.) The father of Abinadab (1 Kings 4:14).

(2.) A descendant of Gershom, son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:21).

(3.) Son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh east of Jordan in the time of David (1 Chronicles 27:21). (B.C. 1014)

(4.) A seer whose "visions" against Jeroboam incidentally contained some of the acts of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:29). He appears to have written a chronicle or story relating to the life and reign of Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:22). (B.C. 961)

(5.) The grandfather of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1; 1:7).

(6.) The chief of those who assembled at Casiphia at the time of the second caravan from Babylon. He was one of the Nethinim (Ezra 8:17 compare Ezra 8:20). (B.C. 536)