Jedaiah je-da'-ya, je-di'-a:
(1) (yedha`yah, "Yah knows"):
(a) A priest in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:10, 1 Chronicles 24:7).
(b) Ezra 2:36 = Nehemiah 7:39, where "children of Jedaiah" are mentioned = "Jeddu" in Ezra 5:24.
(c) Jedaiah is among "the priests and the Levites" that returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 11:10, Nehemiah 12:6, Nehemiah 12:19).
(d) Another priest of the same name (Nehemiah 12:7, Nehemiah 12:21).
(e) One of the exiles whom Zechariah was commanded to send with silver and gold to Jerusalem. Septuagint does not take the word as a proper name (Zechariah 6:10, Zechariah 6:14)
(2) (yedhayah, "Yah throws" (?)):
(a) Father of a Simeonite prince (1 Chronicles 4:37).
(b) One of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:10).
David Francis Roberts