(bee dee' iuh) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh alone” or “branch of Yahweh.” Man with foreign wife who divorced her under Ezra's leadership to prevent tempting Israel with foreign gods (Ezra 10:35 ).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bedeiah
BEDEIAH . One of those who had taken foreign wives ( Ezra 10:35 ): in 1Es 9:34 apparently Pedias.