In the bible, Pedaiah is the name of the from Rumah, father of Zebidah (2KI 23:36), as well as name of son of Jehoiachin_1 [Jeconiah] (1CH 3:18), father of Joel (1CH 27:20), and repaired the wall of Jerusalem (NEH 3:25)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: redemption of the Lord. Related names are:
Meshullam,
Maaseiah, Nedabiah
(and others ...)
. The translations of Pedaiah in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Phê-Đa-Gia in Vietnamese to
Φαδαιας in Greek!
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (2KI 23:36)
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. (1CH 3:18)
And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: (1CH 3:19)
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: (1CH 27:20)
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. (NEH 3:25)
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. (NEH 8:4)
And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. (NEH 11:7)
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. (NEH 13:13)