In the bible, Jedaiah is the name of the son of Shimri (1CH 4:37), Simeonite (1CH 4:24), as well as name of priest (1CH 9:10, NEH 7:39, NEH 12:6), of the house of Jeshua (EZR 2:36), second-chosen priest for the twenty-four courses (1CH 24:7), made repairs to the wall of Jerusalem opposite his house (NEH 3:10), and priest, son of Joiarib (NEH 11:10, NEH 12:7). Meaning of the name: the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord. Related names are:
Jeshua,
Hilkiah,
Tobijah (and others ...)
. The translations of Jedaiah in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Giê-Đa-Gia in Vietnamese to
Ιδεϊα in Greek!
And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; (1CH 4:37)
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, (1CH 9:10)
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, (1CH 24:7)
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (EZR 2:36)
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. (NEH 3:10)
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (NEH 7:39)
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. (NEH 11:10)
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. (NEH 12:7)
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; (NEH 12:19)
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. (NEH 12:21)
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; (ZEC 6:10)
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. (ZEC 6:14)