Iddo
E245994
Iddo is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as an ancestor of the prophet Zechariah and sometimes identified as a seer or priest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iddo canonical | 2 |
| Iddo the seer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2220892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iddo Context triple: [Zechariah, grandfather, Iddo]
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Ishkur
Ishkur is a Mesopotamian storm and rain god associated with thunder, fertility, and seasonal weather.
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C.
Kadan
Kadan was a Mongol prince and military commander who played a key role in the Mongol invasions of Central and Eastern Europe in the 13th century.
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D.
Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Raddai
Raddai is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line connected to King David.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iddo Target entity description: Iddo is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as an ancestor of the prophet Zechariah and sometimes identified as a seer or priest.
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Ishkur
Ishkur is a Mesopotamian storm and rain god associated with thunder, fertility, and seasonal weather.
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C.
Kadan
Kadan was a Mongol prince and military commander who played a key role in the Mongol invasions of Central and Eastern Europe in the 13th century.
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D.
Yishai
Yishai is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Jesse, known as the father of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Raddai
Raddai is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the sons in Jesse’s family line connected to King David.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
genealogical lists
ⓘ
prophetic superscriptions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
prophet Zechariah
ⓘ
surface form:
Zechariah
|
| associatedWithTextualTradition | post-exilic priestly genealogies ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ancient Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Israel
|
| describedAs |
priestly ancestor
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| familyRelation | ancestor of Zechariah ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genealogicalFunction | link between priestly families and prophetic figures ⓘ |
| hasUncertainIdentification | yes ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf |
prophet Zechariah
ⓘ
surface form:
Zechariah
|
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Ezra–Nehemiah
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Ezra
Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Nehemiah
Book of Zechariah ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| nameMeaning | possibly "timely" or "at the right time" ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Iddo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Iddo the seer
|
| religiousCanonStatus |
canonical figure in Christianity
ⓘ
canonical figure in Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | part of the lineage affirming Zechariah’s priestly status ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
priest
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| scholarlyDiscussion | sometimes distinguished from other biblical figures named Iddo ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | ancestor in priestly-prophetic lineage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | First Temple period ⓘ |
| traditionallyIdentifiedAs | grandfather of Zechariah ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Iddo Description of subject: Iddo is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as an ancestor of the prophet Zechariah and sometimes identified as a seer or priest.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zechariah
this entity surface form:
Iddo the seer