פְּדָיָהPᵉdâyâh
proper name, masculine: hath ransomed, Padâma
Pronunciation: ped-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6305
Meanings
1. father-in-law of Josiah (2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 23:31)
2. father of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:18; 1 Chronicles 3:19)
4. Benjamite (Nehemiah 11:7)
5. Levite (Nehemiah 13:13)
6. Manassite (1 Chronicles 27:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. (Their sister was Shelomith.)
- 1 Chronicles 27:20 Ephraim Hoshea son of AzaziahManasseh (west) Joel son of Pedaiah
- Nehemiah 3:25 Palal son of Uzai carried on the work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that projects up from the king’s upper house beside the court of the guard. Next to him were Pedaiah son of Parosh,
- Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform that had been made for the occasion. To his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. To his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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).