Jedidiah
English
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editBorrowed from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (“beloved of Yahweh”).
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editJedidiah
- A name of King Solomon.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 from Hebrew.
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