jedidiah

/ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

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name

name

"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."

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

Jedediah (alternative)

Jed

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How do you pronounce jedidiah?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌd͡ʒɛdɪˈdaɪə/.

What does jedidiah mean?

A name of King Solomon.

Where does jedidiah come from?

It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce jedidiah

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