(Jadʹdu·a) [from a root meaning “know”].

1. One of the headmen of Israel whose descendant, if not he himself, sealed the resolution of faithfulness during Nehemiah’s governorship.​—Ne 10:1, 14, 21.

2. The last of the Aaronic high-priestly line listed in the Hebrew Scriptures. Jaddua’s being the fifth generation after Jeshua allows for him to have lived during “the kingship of Darius the Persian.”​—Ne 12:10, 11, 22; see DARIUS No. 3.