Adaiah (/əˈdeɪjə/)[1] was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name means "Yahweh passes by."[2]

  1. Adaiah, the father of Queen Jedidah.[3] He was of Boscath, a town in the Kingdom of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. His grandson was king Josiah of Judah.[4][5][6]
  2. An Adaiah mentioned in passing as the ancestor of a Levite named Asaph, in (counted as 6:26 in some Bibles).
  3. An Adaiah mentioned in as being the son of a Shimei in a Benjamite genealogy.
  4. A priest listed in and . According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name "Jedaiah" in its place.[2]
  5. A descendant of Bani, listed in .
  6. Another descendant of Bani, listed in .
  7. An Adaiah, son of Joiarib, listed in .
  8. An Adaiah mentioned as being the father of Maaseiah in .

References

  1. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (ed.) (2009). "Adaiah". HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. abridged ed. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
  2. ^ Thomas Kelly Cheyne and John Sutherland Black (1899). "Adaiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica
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  4. ^ William Smith. "Smith's Bible Dictionary". Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Adaiah". christiananswers.net. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Adaiah". Midvash Bible Dictionary. Retrieved 13 May 2026.