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Jehudi

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3065

יְהוּדִי

ye.hu.di — Jehudi

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.14; son of: Nethaniah (H5418J) § Jehudi = "Jew" son of Nethaniah and servant of king Jehoiakim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5418

נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ

ne.tan.yah — Nethaniah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23; son of: Elishama (H0476I); father of: Ishmael (H3458H) § Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah" 1) son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah 2) father of Jehudi 3) a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel 4) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8018

שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ

she.lem.yah — Shelemiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.39 § Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah" 1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 2) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury 5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah 6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of David 6a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum' 7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah 8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch 9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4778

מֶ֫רֶד

me.red — Mered

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Ezrah (H5834); brother of: Jether (H3500J), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210); married to Bithiah (H1332)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057)(?); father of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?), Ishbah (H3431)(?), Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?) § Mered = "rebellion" son of Ezra and a descendant of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3057

יְהֻדִיָּה

ye.hu.diy.yah — Judahite wife

A woman of the tribe of Judah, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18; married to Mered (H4778)(?); mother of: Jered (H3382H), Heber (H2268I) and Jekuthiel (H3354) § adj f 1) the Jewess Jehudijah = Jewess 2) (CLBL) a Calebite, the wife of one named Ezra

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3354

יְקוּתִיאֵל

ye.qu.ti.el — Jekuthiel

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18; son of: Mered (H4778)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057); brother of: Jered (H3382H) and Heber (H2268I); half-brother of: Miriam (H4813H), Shammai (H8060I) and Ishbah (H3431) § Jekuthiel = "cleansing of God" a descendant of Caleb of the tribe of Judah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3570

כּוּשִׁי

ku.shi — Cushi

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.14; father of: Shelemiah (H8018K) § Cushi = "their blackness" 1) an ancestor of Jehudi (Jer. 36.14) 2) the father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep. 1.1)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5163

נַ֫חַם

na.cham — Naham

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.19; brother of: Hodiah (H1940) § Naham = "comfort" the brother of IIodiah or Jehudijah, wife of Ezra

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Historical dictionary entry

A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah’s roll to them (Jer. 36:14, 21).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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