עִדּוֹʻIddôw
proper name, masculine: Iddo
Pronunciation: id-do' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5714
Meanings
1. father of an officer of Solomon (1 Kings 4:14)
2. grandfather of prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 1:7)
3. a Levite (1 Chronicles 6:6)
4. a priestly name (Nehemiah 12:4; Nehemiah 12:16)
5. a seer (2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 13:22; 2 Chronicles 9:29)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 4:14 Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim.
- 1 Chronicles 6:21 Joah, Iddo, Zerah, and Jeatherai.
- 2 Chronicles 12:15 The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.
- 2 Chronicles 13:22 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including his words and deeds, are recorded in The Commentary of Iddo the Prophet.
- Ezra 5:1 At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
- Ezra 6:14 So the Jewish elders continued their work, and they were greatly encouraged by the preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo. The Temple was finally finished, as had been commanded by the God of Israel and decreed by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia.
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).