McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jehudijah

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jehudijah


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(Heb. Yehudiyah', éְäåּãַéָּä , [with the art., the], Jewess, as in the Engl. margin; Sept. É᾿äßá v. Áäßá ,Vulg. Judaja), a female named as the second wife, apparently of Mered, and mother of several founders of cities in Judah (1Ch_4:18); probably the same with HODIAH in the ensuing verse, mentioned as the sister of Naham, etc. The latter name is possibly by a corruption of ha-Yehudiyah. SEE MERED. B.C. cir. 1612.