Hebrew word · H6305

פְּדָיָהוּ

pedayah

Pedaiah

Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.18;

son of: Shealtiel (H7597A)(?);

brother of: Malchiram (H4443), Shenazzar (H8137), Jekamiah (H3359H), Hoshama (H1953) and Nedabiah (H5072);

father of: Zerubbabel (H2216) and Shimei (H8096J)

§ 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

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 23:36 פְּדָיָ֖ה Pedaiah

    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:18 וּפְדָיָ֖ה and Pedaiah

    Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:19 פְדָיָ֔ה Pedaiah

    The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,

  3. 1 Chronicles 27:20 פְּדָיָֽהוּ׃ ס Pedaiah

    over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;

Nehemiah · 4

  1. Nehemiah 3:25 פְּדָיָ֥ה Pedaiah

    and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

  2. Nehemiah 8:4 פְּ֠דָיָה Pedaiah

    Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

  3. Nehemiah 11:7 פְּדָיָה֩ Pedaiah

    From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

  4. Nehemiah 13:13 וּפְדָיָה֙ and Pedaiah

    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

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