Given name
Jehdeiah
“may Yah give joy”·“Yah will make glad”
Jehdeiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיחדיהו
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jehdeiah means “may Yah give joy” or “Yah will make glad.”
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Where it comes from
Jehdeiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hadad (חדד), “to be sharp, keen or swift.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jehdeiah appears in 1 Chronicles 27:30.
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Jehdeiah’s family of names
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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