Jehudijah
יְהֻדִיָּה/jeh-hoo-DY-juh/
“The Jewess”
Summary
A woman of Judah, wife of Mered and mother of several founders of cities, distinguished from Mered's Egyptian wife Bithiah.
☩Identity
Jehudijah ('the Jewess') appears in the genealogies of Judah as the second wife of Mered, distinguished from his first wife Bithiah, who was a daughter of Pharaoh. She was the mother of Jered (founder of Gedor), Heber (founder of Socho), and Jekuthiel (founder of Zanoah). The name is actually a designation ('the Jewess') rather than a proper name, and it may be identical with Hodiah mentioned in the following verse. The complex structure of 1 Chronicles 4:17-19 has created some interpretive difficulties, with scholars offering various arrangements of the text.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 4:18-19
Related Verses1 mention
1 Chronicles· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jehudijah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jehudijah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).