Strong H3040יְדִידָה

Jedidah

Transliteration
yedîydâh
Pronunciation
yed-ee-daw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

Feminine of H3039; beloved;
{Jedidah} an Israelitess: - Jedidah.

Meaning of the name

Jedidah = "beloved"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.22.1;
daughter of: Adaiah (H5718); married to Amon (H526H);
mother of: Josiah (H2977)

In the biblical story

Jedidah

Mother of King Josiah of Judah

Jedidah was the mother of King Josiah of Judah and the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

In the Bible

Strong H3040 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jedidah1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 22:1
    Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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