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title: עֲדָיָה — Adaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲדָיָה (5718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Adaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲדָיָה

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«עֲדָיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adaiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 5718 · **BDB:** עֲדָיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

Adaiah (5); of.Adaiah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ has decked himself);— עֲדָיָ֫הוּ father of a Judaean captain 2 Ch 23:1, 𝔊 Αζεια, A Αδαια, 𝔊L Αδαιου (genit.). Elsewhere עֲדָיָה: grandfather of Josiah 2 K 22:1, 𝔊 Εδεινα, A Ιεδιδα, 𝔊L Οζιου (genit.). a Levite 1 Ch 6:26, 𝔊 Αζεια, A 𝔊L Αδ(α)ια. a Benjamite 8:21, 𝔊 Αβια, A Αλαια 𝔊L Αδαια. a priest 9:12 Ne 11:12, 𝔊 Αδαια(ς). two with foreign wives: Ezr 10:29, 𝔊 Αδα, 𝔊L Αδαιας. v 39, 𝔊 Αδαια, 𝔊L Αδδαιας. a Judahite Ne 11:5, 𝔊 Οζ(ε)ια, 𝔊L Αδαια.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲדָיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.26/)

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בֶּן־אֶתְנִ֥י בֶן־זֶ֖רַח בֶּן־עֲדָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Ethni the.son of.Zerah the.son of.Adaiah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah;

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[Ezra 10:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.39/)

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וְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥ה וְנָתָ֖ן וַעֲדָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah

*JPS 1917:* Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah;

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