What Does 1 Chronicles 8:25 Mean in the King James?

And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

1 Chronicles 8:25 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Iphedeiah’s name carries “Yah redeems,” making release part of the genealogy’s very naming.

THE MEANING

Iphedeiah and Penuel appear as more than isolated names: the verse places them within Shashak’s line. Iphedeiah’s name carries ⁨פדה⁩ (padah), “redeem,” so the line includes a name that holds release within its own nature.

THE ROOT

יִפְדְיָה

Yiphdəyah

GROWS FROM

פדה

⁨פדה⁩ (padah): to ransom or redeem, reclaiming someone from a claim or hold.

“Iphedeiah” in this verse is Yiphdəyah. The name is commonly understood as “Yah redeems,” and it carries the consonants ⁨פ־ד־ה⁩ of the verb ⁨פדה⁩ (padah). English presents a label; Hebrew lets the name sound like an act of release woven into this family line.

ALSO GROWS

padah: to redeem or ransom

פָּדָה

This verb preserves all three consonants of ⁨פדה⁩ and makes the action carried in the name explicit.

podeh: one who redeems

פּוֹדֶה

This form keeps the root’s consonants while naming the one who carries out the act.

THE PATTERN

A name can hold a person’s nature or defining action in compressed form.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5 · KJVAbraham’s name is tied to the nature and future named in the verse.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 2:10 · KJVMoses’ name is linked to the act of drawing him out, joining the name to a defining event.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVJesus’ name is linked to what he does, so the name holds the nature of his work.

THE THREAD

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:8 · KJV

Iphedeiah carries the root ⁨פדה⁩ (padah), the same root used here for redeeming Israel from the house of bondmen. The genealogy’s name opens onto redemption as an act of release from constriction.

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