יְדִיעֲאֵלYᵉdîyʻăʼêl
Jediael, the name of three Israelites
Pronunciation: yed-ee-ah-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3043
Meanings
1. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 7:10; 1 Chronicles 7:11)
2. one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:45; 1 Chronicles 12:21; 1 Chronicles 12:20)
3. a Korahite (1 Chronicles 26:2)
Same root
- יָדַעyâdaʻ · H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:6 Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200.
- 1 Chronicles 11:45 Jediael son of Shimri; Joha, his brother, from Tiz;
- 1 Chronicles 12:20 Here is a list of the men from Manasseh who defected to David as he was returning to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each commanded 1,000 troops from the tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:2 The sons of Meshelemiah were Zechariah (the oldest), Jediael (the second), Zebadiah (the third), Jathniel (the fourth),
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).