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H6305G

פְּדָיָהוּ

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Pedaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.23.36; father of: Zebidah (H2080) § Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed" 1) father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah 2) father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

פְּדָיָהוּ, פְּדָיָה proper name, masculine (׳י hath ransomed; in late Assyrian Padâma, HilprUniv. Pa, Exp. ix. 27, 68); — פְּדָיָה:

1. father-in-law of Josiah 2Kgs 23:36, but ᵐ5 Εδειλ (ᵐ5L Ιερεμιας, from v2Kgs 23:31).
2. father of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:18; 1Chr 3:19.
3. a. Neh 3:25.
  b. Neh 8:4.
4. Benjamite Neh 11:7.
5. Levite Neh 13:13.
6. פְּדָיָהוּ, Manassite 1Chr 27:20 — ᵐ5 (except 1) Φα(λ)δαιας, etc.

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