Bible Person

Jedaiah

Meaning: the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord · Male · 3 cross references

Jedaiah is associated with a priestly course and later returnee priestly families in Ezra and Nehemiah. He belongs to the continuity of temple leadership before exile, after return, and into restored worship. First appears in 1 Chr 24:7.1

AI summary: Jedaiah matters because the cross references place his name in both the organization of priestly service and the post-exilic reconstitution of the priesthood. That continuity shows how restored worship drew on remembered lines of service rather than starting from nothing. Taken together, the material presents Jedaiah as a priestly name linking ordered ministry with the recovery of temple life after exile.1

Central Figure

Jedaiah

Meaning: the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord

Knowing Jehovah.