Jebediah

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Jebediah

Rhymes with -aɪə

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Apparently an alteration of Jedediah or Jedidiah, perhaps influenced by Obadiah. All early attestations are mistaken references to persons actually named Jedediah or Jedidiah.

proper noun Jebediahs

A male given name. See the interesting report of Jebediah Irish, Esq., on this subject, who has acquired more correct knowledge, by long experience and observation, having devoted more years of his life to the subject than perhaps any one of his cotemporaries.

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@misc{jebediah_2026,
  title = {Jebediah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jebediah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}