The meaning of “עֲדָיָה”
Understanding ʻĂdâyâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or עֲדָיָהוּ ʻĂdâyâhûw (ad-aw-yaw'-hoo); from עָדָה and יָהּ; Jah has adorned Adaiah. - § Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned ...
עֲדָיָה
or עֲדָיָהוּ ʻĂdâyâhûw (ad-aw-yaw'-hoo); from עָדָה and יָהּ; Jah has adorned Adaiah. - § Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself" - Adajah, the name of eight Israelites 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings 22:1 | “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.” Word: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 8:21 | “And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;” Word: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 23:1 | “And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.” Word: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh) | |
| Ezra 10:39 | “And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,” Word: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh) | |
| Nehemiah 11:12 | “And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,” Word: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh) |