Jedidiah

English

Alternative forms

• Jedediah

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jedidiah

1. A name of King Solomon.
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     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.

2. A rare male given name from Hebrew.

Related terms

• Jed