# H5718 עֲדָיָה

עֲדָיָה (ʻĂdâyâh), Strong’s H5718: Adajah, the name of eight Israelites KJV: Adaiah.. Occurs 9 times.

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*ʻĂdâyâh* — Adajah, the name of eight Israelites

KJV: Adaiah.

Built from [עָדָה ʻâdâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H5710) (to advance, i.e. pass on or continue) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has adorned”

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֲדָיָ֫ה(וּ) n.pr.m. (י׳ has decked himself)
- 1 father of a Judaean captain
- 2 grandfather of Josiah
- 3 a Levite
- 4 a Benjamite
- 5 a priest
- 6 two with foreign wives
- 7 a Judahite

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 22:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/22?v=1) — Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was…
- [Ezra 10:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=29) — Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
- [Ezra 10:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=39) — Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
- [Nehemiah 11:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=5) — and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son…
- [Nehemiah 11:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=12) — and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of…
- [1 Chronicles 6:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/6?v=26) — the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
- [1 Chronicles 8:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/8?v=21) — Adaiah, Beraiah, Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
- [1 Chronicles 9:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=12) — and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of…
- [2 Chronicles 23:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/23?v=1) — In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds—Azariah the son of Jeroham…