Jahdai

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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 2:47

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 2:47

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.).

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).