Bible Person

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord · Male · 2 cross references

This Adaiah entry refers to a priestly figure in the Jerusalem lists of Chronicles and Nehemiah, not to the Gershonite Levite of the same name. He belongs to the restored temple community after the exile. First appears in 1 Chr 9:12.1

AI summary: This Adaiah matters because the cross references place him among the priests dwelling and serving in Jerusalem, showing how post-exilic stability depended on remembered priestly households. Such names form part of the human infrastructure beneath the visible story of restoration. Taken together, the material presents this Adaiah as a priestly participant in the renewed life of the holy city.1

Central Figure

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord