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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

Mentioned in 2 Kings 22:1 Ezra 10:29, 10:39 Nehemiah 11:12, 11:5 1 Chronicles 9:12, 6:26, 8:21 2 Chronicles 23:1

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