Strong H3038H3038Hיְדוּתוּן
Jeduthun
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3038
- Transliteration
- yedûthûn yedûthûn yedîythûn
- Pronunciation
- (1,2) {yed-oo-thoon'} (3) yed-ee-thoon'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.16;
father of: Galal (H1559H)
father of: Galal (H1559H)
Meaning of the name
Jeduthun = "praising"
General definition
Probably from H3034; laudatory;
{Jeduthun} an Israelite: - Jeduthun.
{Jeduthun} an Israelite: - Jeduthun.
In the biblical story
Jeduthun
Levite gatekeeper and singer in post-exilic Jerusalem
Jeduthun was a Levite who served as a gatekeeper and singer in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H3038H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jeduthun2
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
- Nehemiah 11:17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.