יְדַעְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Jedajah, the name of two Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3045 (יָדַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has known;

KJV Usage

Jedaiah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a priest in jerusalem
• 2.a man who returned with zerubbabel
• 3.a ruler of the priests in the days of jeshua
• 4.a post exilic priest
• 5.one honored by jehovah, perhaps one of the above

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉdaʻyâh; Pronunciation: yed-ah-yaw'