Strongs Number: H5718
- Hebrew Word
- עֲדָיָה
- Transliteration
- ʻĂdâyâh
- Phonetic
- ad-aw-yaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
Jah has adorned; {Adajah} the name of eight Israelites
- 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
- Bible Usage
- Adaiah.