Strong H5718H5718Oעֲדָיָא
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
Adaia: the Ketiv in Nehemiah 12:16 where the Qere reads Iddo. This is a spelling or reading variant associated with the priestly family Iddo, not the Adaiah form עֲדָיָהוּ used in the raw notice.
Meaning of the name
Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"
General definition
In the biblical story
Iddo
A priest during the time of Zerubbabel.
Iddo, also known as Adaia, was a priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and was head of a priestly family during the time of Joiakim.