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).
Jedaiah:
the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord
Jedaiah:
je-da'-ya, je-di'-a:
(1) (yedhayah, "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
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)
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