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Strong's #6305 - פְּדָיָהוּ

Transliteration

Pᵉdâyâh

Phonetics

ped-aw-yaw', ped-aw-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H6299) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"
1. father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah
2. father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2090 ‑ ἑτοιμάζω (het‑oy‑mad'‑zo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

BSB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

CSB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

ESV (9)

Leviticus 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

KJV (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

LEB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

LSB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

N95 (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

NAS (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

NLT (0)

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

WEB (8)

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְּדָיָהוּ, מְּדָיָה proper name, masculine (׳י hath ransomed; in late Assyrian Padâma, Hilpr^{Univ. Pa, Exp. ix. 27,68}); — מְּדָיָה:

1 father-in-law of Josiah 2 Kings 23:36, but ᵐ5 Εδειλ (ᵐ5^L Ιερεμιας, from 2 Kings 23:31).

2 father of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:18,19.

3. a. Nehemiah 3:25.

b. Nehemiah 8:4.

4 Benjamite Nehemiah 11:7.

5 Levite Nehemiah 13:13.

6מְּדָיָהוּ, Manassite 1 Chronicles 27:20 — ᵐ5 (except

1) Φα(λ)δαιας, etc.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פְּדָיָהוּ (id.) pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 27:20.

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List of Word Forms

וּפְדָיָ֖ה וּפְדָיָה֙ ופדיה פְּ֠דָיָה פְּדָיָ֖ה פְּדָיָ֥ה פְּדָיָֽהוּ׃ פְּדָיָה֩ פְדָיָ֔ה פדיה פדיהו׃ fedaYah pə·ḏā·yā·hū pə·ḏā·yāh p̄ə·ḏā·yāh pedaYah pəḏāyāh p̄əḏāyāh pedaYahu pəḏāyāhū ū·p̄ə·ḏā·yāh ufedaYah ūp̄əḏāyāh