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Strong's #5718 - עֲדָיָהוּ

Transliteration

ʻĂdâyâh

Phonetics

ad-aw-yaw', ad-aw-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H5710) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
4. a priest, son of Jehoram
5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

BSB (10)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 3

CSB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

ESV (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

KJV (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

LEB (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

LSB (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

N95 (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

NAS (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עֲדָיָ֫ה(וּׅ proper name, masculine (׳י has decked himself); —

1עֲדָיָ֫הוּ father of a Judaean captain 2 Chronicles 23:1, ᵐ5 Αζεια, A Αδαια, ᵐ5^L Αδαιου (genitive). Elsewhere עֲדָיָה:

2 grandfather of Josiah 2 Kings 22:1, ᵐ5 Εδεινα, A Ιεδιδα, ᵐ5^L Οζιου (genitive)

3 a Levite 1 Chronicles 6:26, ᵐ5 Αζεια, A ᵐ5^L Αδ(α)ια.

4 Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:21, ᵐ5 Αβια, A Αλαια, ᵐ5^L Αδαια.

5 a priest 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12, ᵐ5 Αδαια(ς).

6 two with foreign wives:

a Ezra 10:29, ᵐ5 Αδα, ᵐ5^L Αδαιας.

b. Ezra 10:39, ᵐ5 Αδαια, ᵐ5^L Αδδαιας.

7 a Judahite Nehemiah 11:5, ᵐ5. Οζ(ε)ια, ᵐ5^L Αδαια.

List of Word Forms

וַ֠עֲדָיָה וַעֲדָיָ֔ה וַעֲדָיָ֧ה וַעֲדָיָֽה׃ וַעֲדָיָה֙ ועדיה ועדיה׃ עֲדָ֖יָה עֲדָיָ֛הוּ עֲדָיָ֧ה עֲדָיָֽה׃ עדיה עדיה׃ עדיהו ‘ă·ḏā·yā·hū ‘ă·ḏā·yāh ‘ăḏāyāh ‘ăḏāyāhū aDayah adaYahu vaadaYah wa‘ăḏāyāh wa·‘ă·ḏā·yāh