פְּדָיָה
Pᵉdâyâh · ped-aw-yaw'
Pedajah, the name of six Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or פְּדָיָהוּ; from H6299 (פָּדָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has ransomed;
Pedajah, the name of six Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Pedaiah.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּדָיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of pedaiah4 · 50%
- pedaiah2 · 25%
- also, and pedaiah1 · 13%
- him pedaiah1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.