Bible Names

Jedidiah: meaning of the name

Jedidiah means “beloved of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Jedidiah in Hebrew and Greek

יְדִידְיָה H3041

Yᵉdîydᵉyâh (yed-ee-deh-yaw') — Jedidejah, a name of Solomon

from H3039 (יְדִיד) and H3050 (יָהּ); beloved of Jah;

Jedidiah in Scripture

“Jedidiah” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 12:25

    And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.