Word Study · Strong's H5718 · Hebrew

עֲדָיָה

Adayah

ad-aw-yaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂdâyâh

“Adajah, the name of eight Israelites”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Adajah, the name of eight Israelites

Rendered in the KJV as

Adaiah.

9
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
9
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 9 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 9

וַעֲדָיָ֧ה1
וַעֲדָיָה֙1
וַ֠עֲדָיָה1
וַעֲדָיָ֔ה1
וַעֲדָיָֽה׃1
עֲדָ֖יָה1
עֲדָיָ֧ה1
עֲדָיָֽה׃1
עֲדָיָ֛הוּ1

How it is rendered · 2

and Adaiah5
Adaiah4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5
proper noun (a name)4

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Npm · 5
HNpm · 4

All 9, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Chronicles3 of 9 · 33%
Ezra2 of 9 · 22%
Nehemiah2 of 9 · 22%
2 Kings1 of 9 · 11%
2 Chronicles1 of 9 · 11%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 22:1עֲדָ֖יָהʾadayahproper noun (a name)Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.here: Adaiah

1 Chronicles3 occurrences

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 23:1עֲדָיָ֛הוּʾadayahuproper noun (a name)Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.here: Adaiah

Ezra2 occurrences

Nehemiah2 occurrences

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