ʿădāyāhū עֲדָיָ֫הוּ ‘Adaiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from ʿādā עָדָה ‘to advance / to adorn’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
עדה
יה
ʿădāyāhū pr n m pers
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