Hebrew word · H1806

דְּלָיָ֫הוּ

delayah

Delaiah

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.60

§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"

1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course

2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim

3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel

4) a descendant of Zerubbabel

5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:24 וּדְלָיָ֛ה and Delaiah

    The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

  2. 1 Chronicles 24:18 לִדְלָיָ֙הוּ֙ to Delaiah

    the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:60 דְלָיָ֥ה Delaiah

    the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 6:10 דְּלָיָ֛ה Delaiah

    Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

  2. Nehemiah 7:62 דְלָיָ֥ה Delaiah

    the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.

Jeremiah · 2

  1. Jeremiah 36:12 וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ and Delaiah

    he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

  2. Jeremiah 36:25 וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ and Delaiah

    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

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