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Meaning and etymology of the name Jaddua
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Jaddua 
The name Jaddua is assigned to what seem to be two different men, although their proximity in the text suggests that they may be the same one. The first Jaddua is mentioned among the Levitical signers of the new covenant (Nehemiah 10:21). The second Jaddua is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:11 and 22. Since Jeshua, the great-great-great-grandfather of this Jaddua, seems to have been fit enough to partake in the return, this reference to Jaddua is assumed to be a very late addition to these records. Although verse 22 speaks of Darius the Persian, Jaddua would have been alive around the time of Alexander the Great. BDB Theological Dictionary ads that Jaddua was probably even high priest.
The name Jaddua is highly similar to the name Jada, and differs only by the vowel waw. Both names come from the verb verb  (yada) meaning to know. This verb expresses a multitude of shades of knowledge gained by the senses (says HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament - Deuteronomy 34:10; Isaiah 1:3) Proverbs 1:7 reads, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." One of a few derivatives of this verb is the noun  (dea) meaning knowledge or opinion.
For a meaning of the name Jaddua, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Known. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names endorses the puzzling Celebrated or Known of the classical theologian Simonis.
Other names derived of the verb yada are
Abida,
Deuel,
Eliada,
Jedaiah,
Jehoiada,
Joiada and
Jediael.
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