Jedediah

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Gender male		Word/name Hebrew
Meaning beloved of the Lord, friend of God Related names Jed, Jedd, Jeddy, Jededish, Jedi

Jedediah (Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה‎) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidyah, meaning "friend of God". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah was the "blessing" name given by God, through the prophet Nathan, in infancy to Solomon, King David's second son by Bathsheba. The name may refer to:

People

Jedediah Berry (born 1977), American writer

Jedediah Bila (born 1979), American writer and commentator

Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mathematician

Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832–1894), Canadian businessman and politician

Jedediah Dupree (born 1979), American fencer and fencing coach

Jedediah Foster (1726–1779), American judge

Jedediah M. Grant (1816–1856), American religious leader

Jedediah Herrick (1780–1847), American general

Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899), American educator and topographer

Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), American general

Jedediah Vincent Huntington (1815–1862), American clergyman and novelist

Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), American geographer

Jedidiah Norzi (1560–1626), Italian rabbi

Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American politician

Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American law professor and writer

Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), American trader and explorer

Jedediah K. Smith (1770–1828), American politician

Jedidiah Strutt (1726–1797), English inventor

Fiction

Jebediah Guthrie, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.

Jebediah Kerman, fictional character in the computer game Kerbal Space Program

Jedediah Leland, fictional character played by Joseph Cotten in the film Citizen Kane.

Jebediah Springfield, fictional character and town founder in the television series The Simpsons

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