Dictionaries :: Jedaiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jedaiah:

(1.) Invoker of Jehovah. The son of Shimri, a chief Simeonite (1Ch 4:37).

(2.) One of those who repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh 3:10).

(3.) Knowing Jehovah. The chief of one of the courses of the priests (1Ch 24:7).

(4.) A priest in Jerusalem after the Exile (1Ch 9:10).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jedaiah:

the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jedaiah:

je-da'-ya, je-di'-a:

(1) (yedha‘yah, "Yah knows"):

(a) A priest in Jerusalem (1Ch 9:10; 24:7).

(b) Ezr 2:36 =Ne 7:39, where "children of Jedaiah" are mentioned =" Jeddu" in 1 Esdras 5:24.

(c) Jedaiah is among "the priests and the Levites" that returned with Zerubbabel (Ne 11:10; 12:6,19).

(d) Another priest of the same name (Ne 12:7,21).

(e) One of the exiles whom Zechariah was commanded to send with silver and gold to Jerusalem. Septuagint does not take the word as a proper name (Zec 6:10,14)

(2) (yedhayah, "Yah throws" (?)):

(a) Father of a Simeonite prince (1Ch 4:37).

(b) One of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:10).

Written by David Francis Roberts

Nave's Topical Bible

Jedaiah: 1. Descendant of Simeon

1Ch 4:37

Jedaiah: 2. A Returned Exile

Neh 3:10

Jedaiah: 3. A Priest of the Captivity

1Ch 9:10; 24:7; Ezr 2:36; Neh 7:39

Jedaiah: 4. A Priest Who Lived in Jerusalem

After the return of the captivity,

Neh 11:10; 12:6, 19; Zec 6:10, 14.

Jedaiah: 5. Another Priest

Who returned from Babylon with Nehemiah,

Neh 12:7, 21.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jedaiah:

(praise Jehovah).

(1.) Head of the second course of priests, as they were divided in the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:7). (B.C. 1014) some of them survived to return to Jerusalem after the Babylonish captivity, as appears from Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39.

(2.) A priest in the time of Jeshua the high priest (Zechariah 6:10; 6:14). (B.C. 536)

(3.) A Simeonite, forefather of Ziza (1 Chronicles 4:37).

(4.) Son of Harumaph; a man who did his part in the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:10). (B.C. 446)