Strong's H5718 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh)

Pronunciation: ad-aw-yaw'

POS: ad-aw-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; from and ; Jah has adorned;

Definition: or עֲדָיָהוּ; from עָדָה and יָהּ; Jah has adorned; Adajah, the name of eight Israelites; Adaiah.

KJV Usage: Adaiah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
• 2. 1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
• 3. 2) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
• 4. 3) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
• 5. 4) a priest, son of Jehoram
• 6. 5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
• 7. 6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 8. 7) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
• 9. 8) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

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