Person Old Testament
Iphdeiah
Also known as Iphdeiah =ESV, NIV; Iphedeiah =KJV
Iphdeiah was a descendant of Benjamin through Shashak. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:25.
Why it matters. Descendant of Benjamin through Shashak.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Iphdeiah
Iphdeiah is mentioned in 1Ch.8.25 in a genealogy of the descendants of Benjamin. He was the son of Shashak. The passage lists him among Shashak's other sons: Iphedeiah, Penuel and Shuppim. No other details are provided about Iphdeiah in the biblical text. His name likely means "Yahweh redeems" 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.
- Parents
- Shashak
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)