Strong H5718H5718Jעֲדָיָ֫הוּ

Adaiah

One of the 9 senses of Strong H5718

Transliteration: ‛ădâyâh ‛ădâyâhû
Pronunciation: {ad-aw-yaw'} ad-aw-yaw'-hoo
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.23.1;
father of: Maaseiah (H4641H)

Meaning of the name

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"

General definition

From H5710 and H3050; Jah has adorned;
{Adajah} the name of eight Israelites: - Adaiah.

In the biblical story

Adaiah

Father of Maaseiah, during the reign of Joash

Adaiah was the father of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada the priest in overthrowing Athaliah and installing Joash as king of Judah.

In the Bible

Strong H5718J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

adaiah1

First verses

2 Chronicles 23:1
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.