Jahdai

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:47

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Abruptly named in Caleb's genealogy (1 Chronicles 2:47).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:47

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JAHDAI . A Calebite ( 1 Chronicles 2:47 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One in the family of Caleb. 1 Chronicles 2:47 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jah'da-i. (whom Jehovah directs). A man who appears to be thrust, abruptly into the genealogy of Caleb, as the father of six sons. 1 Chronicles 2:47.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ja´dā̇ - ı̄ , ja´dı̄ ( יהדּי , yahday , "Yah leads" (?); Baer reads יהדּי , yehday ): In 1 Chronicles 2:47 , where six sons of Jahdai are mentioned. "The name has been taken as that of another wife or concubine of Caleb; more probably Jahdai is a descendant of Caleb, whose name, in the original connection, has fallen from the text" (Curtis, Chronicles, 96).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yahday', יָהְדָּי , prob. grasper; Sept. Ι᾿αδαϊ v ), a descendant apparently of Caleb, of the family of Hezron; his sons' names are given, but, as his own parentage is not stated (1 Chronicles 2:47), it can only be conjectured that lie was the son of the preceding Gazez, the son (different from the brother) of Haran (1 Chronicles 2:46). B.C. prob. post 1612. Various other suggestions regarding the name have been made, as that Gazez, the name preceding, should be Jahdai (Houbigant, ad loc.); that Jahdai was a concubine of Caleb (Grunenberg quoted by Michaelis, Adnof. ad loc.), etc.; but these are mere groundless suppositions (see Burrington, 1, 216; Bertheau, Comment. ad loc.).