Bible Dictionary
Maadiah
Maadiah was a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. The name is also written Moadiah.
Definition
Maadiah was a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. The name is also written Moadiah.
Biblical Usage
Maadiah appears in the postexilic list of priests who returned with Zerubbabel. The related form Moadiah occurs elsewhere in the same priestly register.
Historical Background
The name means “whose ornament is Jah.”
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
one of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel, (Nehemiah 12:5) elsewhere (ver. (Nehemiah 12:17)) called Moadiah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ma-a-di'-a (ma`adhyah, "whose ornament is Jah"): A priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:5). The name also occurs in the form "Moadiah" (Ne 12:17).</p>