Etymograph

English

Jedidiah

Jedidiah comes from Hebrew יְדִידְיָה ‘beloved of Yahweh’.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיְדִידְיָה‘beloved of Yahweh’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Jedidiah

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentיְדִידְיָה‘beloved of Yahweh’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Jedidiah

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in…”

Today it means

name A name of King Solomon.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew יְדִידְיָה / Jedidiah