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    Noadiah

    no-uh-DY-uh

    Hebrew
    Unisex
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Meeting with the LORD; Assembly of God
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Noadiah appears in the King James Bible, including Nehemiah 6:14.
    First appears in
    Ezra — Exile and return
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Noadiah — named 'meeting with the LORD' — warns that not everyone who claims divine authority speaks divine truth. Her story teaches the critical importance of testing prophetic claims against God's revealed purposes.
    King James verses
    • Nehemiah 6:14

      "My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear."

    • Ezra 8:33

      "Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth... and with them... Noadiah the son of Binnui."

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