Hebrew word · H5718

עֲדָיָ֫הוּ

'adayahu

Adaiah

Appears 9 times in 9 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12;

son of: Jeroham (H3395J)

§ 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

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

  1. 2 Kings 22:1 עֲדָ֖יָה Adaiah

    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.

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:41 עֲדָיָֽה׃ Adaiah

    the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:21 וַעֲדָיָ֧ה and Adaiah

    Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:12 וַעֲדָיָה֙ and Adaiah

    Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

2 Chronicles · 1

  1. 2 Chronicles 23:1 עֲדָיָ֛הוּ Adaiah

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 10:29 וַעֲדָיָ֔ה and Adaiah

    From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.

  2. Ezra 10:39 וַעֲדָיָֽה׃ and Adaiah

    Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 11:5 עֲדָיָ֧ה Adaiah

    and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.

  2. Nehemiah 11:12 וַ֠עֲדָיָה and Adaiah

    and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.