Hebrew word · H6411

פְּלָאיָה

pelayah

Pelaiah

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7

§ Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders"

1) son of Elioenai and a descendant of David in the royal line

2) a priest who helped Ezra to expound the law to the people and also sealed the covenant with 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 · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:24 וּפְלָיָ֡ה and Pelaiah

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

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 8:7 פְּלָאיָה֙ Pelaiah

    The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

    Here: 'YHWH does wonders'. He too seals the covenant as a Levite (Neh 10:10). The list ends here, thirteen names in all.

  2. Nehemiah 10:10 פְּלָאיָ֥ה Pelaiah

    and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.