דְּלָיָה Dᵉlâyâh
Meaning
Delajah, the name of five Israelites
In the King James Version: Dalaiah, Delaiah.
Derivation: or (prolonged) דְּלָיָהוּxlit Dᵉlâyâhhûw corrected to Dᵉlâyâhûw; from H1802 (דָּלָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has delivered;
Where it is used
- 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
- 1 Chronicles 24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
- Ezra 2:60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
- Nehemiah 6:10 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!”
- Nehemiah 7:62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
- Jeremiah 36:12 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.
- Jeremiah 36:25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.