In the bible, Jediael is the name of the son of Shimri (1CH 11:45), as well as name of captain of thousands who defected to David (1CH 12:20) and second-born son of Meshelemiah [Shallum_7] (1CH 26:2). Meaning of the name: the science, or knowledge, of God. Related names are:
Benjamin, Joha, Shimri
(and others ...)
. The translations of Jediael in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Giê-Đi-A-Ên in Vietnamese to
Ιαδιηλ in Greek!
The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. (1CH 7:6)
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. (1CH 7:10)
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. (1CH 7:11)
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, (1CH 11:45)
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. (1CH 12:20)
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, (1CH 26:2)