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EDOS

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Edos was a man who agreed to put away his foreign wife after the exile. He is identified with Iddo, or Jadan, in the corresponding Ezra account.

Definition

Edos was a man who agreed to put away his foreign wife after the exile.

Biblical Usage

Edos appears in 1 Esdras in the list of those who agreed to separate from foreign wives. The corresponding Ezra account calls him Iddo, rendered “Jadan” in the King James Version.

Historical Bible Dictionaries

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>e'-dos (Edais; the King James Version Edes):</p><p>One who agreed to put away his foreign wife (APC 1Esdras 9:35); called Iddo, the King James Version "Jadan," in Ezr 10:43.</p>
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