Original: עֲדָיָה

Transliteration: ʻĂdâyâh

Phonetic: ad-aw-yaw'

Short Definition: Adaiah

Original: עדיהוּ עדיה

Transliteration: ‛ădâyâh ‛ădâyâhû

Phonetic: ad-aw-yaw'

BDB 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

Origin: from H5710 and H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H5710, H5711, H5716, H5717, H5723