BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3114
yo.ya.riv — Joiarib
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.10; father of: Jedaiah (H3048); also called Jehoiarib at 1Ch.9.10; Also named: ye.ho.ya.riv (יְהוֹיָרִיב "Jehoiarib" H3080H) § Joiarib = "Jehovah contends" 1) the head of the 1st of the 24 courses of priests in David's time 2) a teacher in the time of Ezra 3) a Judaite in the time of Nehemiah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3048
ye.da.yah — Jedaiah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.10; son of: Joiarib (H3114) § Jedaiah = "Jehovah has known" 1) a priest in Jerusalem 2) a man who returned with Zerubbabel 3) a ruler of the priests in the days of Jeshua 4) a post exilic priest 5) one honoured by Jehovah, perhaps one of the above
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4982
mat.t.nay — Mattenai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah" 1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim 2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(whom Jehovah defends) = Jehoiarib. (1.) The founder of one of the courses of the priests (Neh. 11:10). (2.) Neh. 11:5; a descendant of Judah. (3.) Neh. 12:6. (4.) Ezra 8:16, a “man of understanding” whom Ezra sent to “bring ministers for the house of God.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
