Adaiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֲדָיָה

עֲדָיָה

ʻĂdâyâh · pronounced ad-aw-yaw' · Strong's H5718 · a man

Adaiah means Jah has adorned.

Built from

עָדָה ʻâdâh (from, H5710) — to advance, i.e. pass on or continue open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or עֲדָיָהוּ; from H5710 and H3050; Jah has adorned; Adajah, the name of eight Israelites.

First appearance

2Kgs 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Adaiah

9 occurrences in 9 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

2Kgs 22:11Chr 6:261Chr 8:211Chr 9:122Chr 23:1Ezra 10:29Ezra 10:39Neh 11:5Neh 11:12

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