Given name
Maadiah
“Yah totters”·“slipping for Yah”
Maadiah is a masculine given name from Hebrew.
Original Hebrewמועדיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Maadiah means “Yah totters” or “slipping for Yah.”
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ma'ad (מעד), “to slip or totter.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Maadiah appears in Nehemiah 12:5.
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Maadiah’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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