BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3037
yad.du.a — Jaddua
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.21 § Jaddua = "knowing" 1) one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 2) son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Known. (1.) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh. 10:21). (2.) The last high priest mentioned in the Old Testament (Neh. 12:11, 22), sons of Jonathan.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
