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Person Old Testament

Haggedolim

Also known as Haggedolim =ESV, NIV; the great man =KJV

Haggedolim was a priest during the time of Nehemiah, mentioned in the list of priests and Levites. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:14.

Why it matters. A priest mentioned in Nehemiah's time.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Haggedolim

Haggedolim is mentioned briefly in Neh.11.14 as one of the priests who lived in Jerusalem during the time of Nehemiah, after the Babylonian exile. He is described as a leader among his fellow priests. The name Haggedolim means "the great ones" or "the mighty ones" in Hebrew.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Children
Zabdiel

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.