Hebrew word · H3040
יְדִידָה
yedidah
Jedidah
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.
What it means
A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.22.1;
daughter of: Adaiah (H5718); married to Amon (H0526H);
mother of: Josiah (H2977)
§ Jedidah = "beloved"
the wife of king Amon and mother of king Josiah
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 22:1 יְדִידָ֥ה [was] Jedidah
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.