נְדַבְיָה

# Nedabiah: A Rare Biblical Name Nedabiah (נְדַבְיָה) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, making it a hapax legomenon—a word or name that occurs a single time in the biblical text. The designation as a proper name indicates this is a personal name rather than a common noun with semantic range. Given its singular occurrence, the lexical data provides minimal information about usage patterns or semantic development. Without additional contextual data from the provided lexicon entry, the significance of Nedabiah must remain limited to its factual status: it identifies an individual in biblical history whose name was preserved in a single biblical reference. The name's structure suggests Hebrew elements (with possible connections to "nadab," meaning "to volunteer" or "to offer willingly"), but such etymological analysis would require supporting lexical evidence beyond what is presented here. The single occurrence limits what can definitively be concluded about its meaning or importance to biblical narrative or theology.