עֲדָיָה

Detailed Definition

• 1maternal grandfather of king josiah of judah and native of boscath in the lowlands of judah
• 2a gershonite levite and ancestor of asaph
• 3a benjamite, son of shimhi
• 4a priest, son of jehoram
• 5ancestor of maaseiah, one of the captains who supported jehoiada
• 6a descendant of bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 7a descendant of another bani who had a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 8a descendant of pharez of the tribe of judah