Lexical Summary Maadyah: an Israelite priest Original Word: מַעֲדְיָהTransliteration: Maadyah Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ad-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: an Israelite priest Meaning: Maadiah -- an Israelite priest Strong's Concordance Maadiah From adah and Yahh; ornament of Jah; Maadjah, an Israelite -- Maadiah. Compare Mow'adyah. see HEBREW adah see HEBREW Yahh see HEBREW Mow'adyah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4573. Maadyah ַמעַדְיָה proper name, masculine a priest of Zerubbabel's time according to Nehemiah 12:5; ᵐ5. א Μααδιας, ᵐ5L Μαασιας; apparently = מוֺעַדְיָה 12:17, ᵐ5L Μασαι (etymology dubious; Thes puts below עדה = ornamentum Jovae, but properly ׳מֹע = ׳מוֺע, √ יעד = convenius Jovae). מֹעֵד see מוֺעֵד below יעד. [מַעֲדָן], מַעֲדַנִּים see עדן. |