Jedidah

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The origin of the name Jedidah is Hebrew
This is how Jedidah is written in Hebrew:This is how it is pronounced
יְדִידָה yed-ee-daw’
The biblical meaning of the name Jedidah is:
According to:Meaning:
Strong“beloved”
Gesenius”beloved”
Hitchcock“well beloved; amiable”

In The Bible:
Jedidah was

1. Queen of Amon and mother of the king Josiah


The name Jedidah appears in the bible in the following verses:

2 Kings 22:1 KJV
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.