Jedaiah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Jedaiah 1. A priestly family (  1 Chronicles 9:10;   1 Chronicles 24:7 ,   Ezra 2:36 [in 1Es 5:24 Jeddu ],   Nehemiah 7:39;   Nehemiah 11:10;   Nehemiah 12:6-7;   Nehemiah 12:19;   Nehemiah 12:21 ). 2. One of the exiles sent with gifts of gold and silver for the sanctuary at Jerusalem (  Zechariah 6:10;   Zechariah 6:14 ). 3. A Simeonite chief (  1 Chronicles 4:37 ). 4. One of those who repaired the wall of Jerusalem (  Nehemiah 3:10 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Shimri, a descendant of Simeon  1 Chronicles 4:37 .

2. Head of the second course of priests.  1 Chronicles 24:7 .

3. Son of Harumaph: he helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem.  Nehemiah 3:10 .

4. One who had returned from exile, apparently bringing gold and silver, of which crowns were made to be "for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah."  Zechariah 6:10,14 .

5, etc. Some priests who returned from exile.  1 Chronicles 9:10;  Ezra 2:36;  Nehemiah 7:39;  Nehemiah 11:10;  Nehemiah 12:6,7,19,21 .

In Nos. 1 and 3 the Hebrew is different from the others.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jedai'ah. (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;  Zechariah 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).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 3:10 1 Chronicles 4:37 2 1 Chronicles 24:7 1 Chronicles 9:10 Ezra 2:36 Nehemiah 7:39 Nehemiah 11:10 Nehemiah 12:6-7 12:19 12:21 Zechariah 6:10 6:14

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jedaiah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jedaiah.html. 1897.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yedayah'), the name of several men, of different form in the original.

1. ( יְדָיָה , tinvoker of Jehovah; Sept. Ε᾿Διά v.r. Ι᾿Εδιά and Ι᾿Εδαϊ v Α ) Son of Shimri and father of Allon, of the ancestors of Ziza, a chief Simeonite who migrated to the valley of Gedor ( 1 Chronicles 4:37). B.C. long ante 711.

2. (Same Hebrew name as preceding; Sept. ‘ Ieiala.) Son of Harumaph, and one of those that repaired the walls of Jerusalem after the exile ( Nehemiah 3:10). B.C. 446.

3. ( יְדִעְיָה , Knowing Jehovah; Sept. Ι᾿Δεία ) The chief of the second division of priests as arranged by David ( 1 Chronicles 24:7). B.C. 1014.

4. (Same Heb. name as preceding; Sept. Ι᾿Ωδαέ , Ι᾿Εδδουά , Ι᾿Αδία , Ι᾿Δεϊ v Ας , ᾿Ωδουϊ v Ας , ῎Εδιος , Ι᾿Εδεϊού , Αἰδειού ) A priest who officiated in Jerusalem after the exile ( 1 Chronicles 9:10;  Nehemiah 11:10; in which latter passage, however, he is styled the son of Joiarib, evidently the same as the Jehoiarib with whom he is merely associated in the former passage). From  Ezra 2:36;  Nehemiah 7:39, he appears to have belonged to the family of Jeshua (973 of his relatives having returned with him from Babylon), so that he is probably the same with the priest Jedaiah enumerated ( Nehemiah 12:6) amongst the contemporaries of Jeshua who returned with Zerubbabel (the name apparently being repeated in  Nehemiah 12:7; comp.  Nehemiah 12:19;  Nehemiah 12:21, where the same repetition occurs, although with the mention of different sons), and probably also identical with the Jedaiah whom the prophet was directed to crown with the symbolical wreath ( Zechariah 6:10;  Zechariah 6:14). '''''Ῥ''''' BC 536-520.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jē̇ - dā´ya , jē̇ - dı̄´a  :

(1) ( ידעיה , yedha‛yāh , "Yah knows"):

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

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

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

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

( 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 (  Zechariah 6:10 ,  Zechariah 6:14 )

(2) ( ידיה , yedhāyāh , "Yah throws" (?)):

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

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