Jedediah

























Jedidiah
Gender male
Origin
Word/name Hebrew
Meaning beloved of the Lord, friend of God
Other names
Related names Jed, Jedd, Jeddy, Jededish, Jedi

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The name may also refer to:


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Contents






  • 1 People


  • 2 Fiction


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





People




  • Jedediah Berry (born 1977), American writer


  • Jedediah Bila (born 1979), American writer and commentator


  • Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mathematician


  • Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832–1894), Canadian businessman and politician


  • Jedediah Dupree (born 1979), American fencer and fencing coach


  • Jedediah Foster (1726–1779), American judge


  • Jedediah M. Grant (1816–1856), American religious leader


  • Jedediah Herrick (1780–1847), American general


  • Jedediah Hinkle, American politician


  • Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899), American educator and topographer


  • Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), American general


  • Jedediah Vincent Huntington (1815–1862), American clergyman and novelist


  • Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), American geographer


  • Jedidiah Norzi (1560–1626), Italian rabbi


  • Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American politician


  • Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American law professor and writer


  • Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), American trader and explorer


  • Jedediah K. Smith (1770–1828), American politician


  • Jedidiah Strutt (1726–1797), English inventor



Fiction



  • Jedediah Leland, fictional character played by Joseph Cotten in the film Citizen Kane.

  • Jedediah Cooper, fictional main character in the film Hang 'Em High


  • Jebediah Guthrie, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe

  • Jedediah the Pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

  • Jebediah Springfield, fictional character and town founder in the television series The Simpsons

  • Jedediah Shine, fictional police officer in UK TV series Ripper Street

  • Jebediah Kerman, fictional character in the computer game Kerbal Space Program

  • Levi Jedediah Calder, one of the main characters of novel Unwind



See also


  • Jed (given name)


References





  1. ^ 2 Samuel 12:25









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