Jedediah
Jedidiah | |
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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
^ 2 Samuel 12:25