Jedidiah

English

Alternative forms

Jedediah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה‎‎ (“beloved of Yahweh”).

Proper noun

Jedidiah

A name of King Solomon.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Samuel 12:24-25:
  
  And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
A rare male given name.

Related terms

Jed

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