Bible Person

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Adaiah entry refers to a post-exilic member of the community named in Ezra's marriage-reform list, distinct from the other figures of the same name in royal, tribal, and priestly settings. He belongs to the restored community's moral reckoning. First appears in Ezra 10:29.1

AI summary: This Adaiah matters because his single cross reference places him among those publicly identified in Ezra's response to unlawful marriages after the exile. The entry shows how restoration required naming specific people within a larger call to repentance. Taken together, the material presents this Adaiah as one of the individuals drawn into post-exilic covenant correction.1

Central Figure

Adaiah

Meaning: the witness of the Lord