יְדַעְיָה (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jedaiah, 1) a priestly division, named after its head. Taan. 27ᵃ, sq.; Arakh. 12ᵇ. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵈ —2) poetic name of Sepphoris in Galilee whither the division of J. was exiled (v. Y. l. c.). Koh. R. to VII, 11; IX, 10 בני י׳ sons of J. (inhabitants of Sepph.).