H3037H

יַדּוּעַ

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Jaddua

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.11; son of: Johanan (H3110L) § Jaddua = "knowing" 1) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 2) son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יַדוּעַ

proper name, masculine 1. a chief of the people, one of those sealed Neh 10:22 ᵐ5L Ιεδδαυα.
2. a priest, probably the high priest in time of Alexander the Great Neh 12:11; Neh 12:22 ᵐ5 Ιαδου, ᵐ5L Ιεδδου (whence LagBN 113 reads יִדּוּעַ).


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