Bedeyah (also spelled Bedeiah) is a name meaning 'servant of Yahweh' or 'branch of Yahweh.' He appears in Ezra 10:35 as one of the Israelites who had taken foreign wives and pledged to put them away during Ezra's reform.
The name Bedeyah stands as a theological irony — 'servant of Yahweh' is found among those who had violated the covenant by foreign marriages. Yet this very context demonstrates grace: repentance was still possible. Ezra's reform was not punitive condemnation but covenant renewal. The man named 'servant of Yahweh' answers the call to return. This pictures sanctification: the name we bear in Christ defines who we are becoming, even when our actions fall short. God disciplines and restores those who bear His name.