- Original: עדיהוּ עדיה
- Transliteration: `Adayah
- Phonetic: ad-aw-yaw'
- Definition: Adaiah = Jehovah has adorned himself
1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah
2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph
3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi
4. a priest, son of Jehoram
5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada
6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah
- Origin: from
H5710 and
H3050
- TWOT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine
- Strong's: From
H5710 and
H3050 ; Jah has adorned;
Adajah the name of eight Israelites: - Adaiah.
Total KJV Occurrences: 9
• Adaiah, 9
2 Kings 22:1;
1 Chronicles 6:41;
1 Chronicles 8:21;
1 Chronicles 9:12;
2 Chronicles 23:1;
Ezra 10:29;
Ezra 10:39;
Nehemiah 11:5;
Nehemiah 11:12