מוֹעַדְיָה
𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃𐤉𐤄
Moadeyah
H4153 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
Personal name meaning 'Yahweh is meeting' or 'Yahweh is appointed.' Môwʻadyâh appears as the name of an Israelite individual or possibly a clan in postexilic genealogical contexts. While the root indicates concepts of meeting, festival, or appointment, this theophoric name expresses the notion of Yahweh as the one who causes to meet, appoints, or has set an assembly.
Semantic Range
personal name meaning 'Yahweh appoints', 'Yahweh assembles', 'Yahweh causes meeting'; name of an Israelite individual or family/clan in postexilic texts
Root / Etymology
Formed from the noun מוֹעֵד (mo‘ed, 'meeting', 'appointment', 'appointed time', frequently used for religious assemblies or festivals) and the theophoric element יָהּ (Yah, a shortened form of the divine name); thus, 'Yahweh is meeting/appointed' or 'Yahweh is an assembly.'
Historical & Contextual Notes
מוֹעַדְיָה occurs in postexilic lists (e.g. Nehemiah 6:10; 8:4; 12:17) as the name of an Israelite (potentially priest or Levite) returned from the Babylonian exile. This form follows a convention of constructing theophoric names combining a root indicating an event or status with the abbreviated Tetragrammaton. In these contexts, names like מַעֲדְיָה (discussed in Strong's H4574) are similar but with a slightly different vowel structure, potentially reflecting dialectal or scribal variants. The English rendering 'Moadiah' in some translations obscures the original Hebrew phrasing and the theophoric element. The term does not directly refer to an 'assembly of Jah' but more accurately implies that Yahweh appoints or causes an assembly or meeting. This distinction is important when reading genealogical lists or priestly rosters in Ezra-Nehemiah, where such theophoric names reflect restoration era naming practices.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
from מוֹעָד and יָהּ; assembly of Jah; Moadjah, an Israelite; Moadiah. Compare מַעֲדְיָה.
Bantu Hebrew
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יעד (y-ʿ-d) — meet, appoint, assemble, set apart
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H3133 | יוֹעֵד | Yahweh appoints |
| H3259 | יָעַד | the appointed ones |
| H3260 | יֶעְדִּי | Yahweh-has-appointed |
| H4150 | מוֹעֵד | in the appointed-times |
| H4151 | מוֹעָד | in his appointed assemblies |
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H4153-01 |
לְ/מוֹעַדְיָ֖ה | lemoadeyah | HR/Np |
of Moadiah | to Yahweh-appoints | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H4153-01 |
Nehemiah 12:17 | לְ/מוֹעַדְיָ֖ה | lemoadeyah | HR/Np |
of Moadiah | to Yahweh-appoints |