adaya · Adaiah

What it means

adaya (עֲדָיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Adaiah”.

A name meaning "YHWH has adorned." In 2 Kings 22:1 the maternal grandfather of King Josiah; several other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 11:5).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×3
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×2

• 2 Kings 22:1

  Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

• 1 Chronicles 6:41

  the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

• 1 Chronicles 8:21

  Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei.

• 1 Chronicles 9:12

  and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

• 2 Chronicles 23:1

  In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

• Ezra 10:29

  And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth.

• Ezra 10:39

  and Shelemiah and Nathan and Adaiah,

• Nehemiah 11:5

  and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.

• Nehemiah 11:12

  and their brothers who did the work of the house: eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,