Strong H1806H1806Iדְּלָיָ֫הוּ
Delaiah
One of the 5 senses of Strong H1806
- Transliteration
- delâyâh delâyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {del-aw-yaw'} del-aw-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.60
Meaning of the name
Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
General definition
In the biblical story
Delaiah
Ancestor of a family that returned from exile
Delaiah was an ancestor of a priestly family that returned from the Babylonian exile but could not prove their genealogy. (Ezr.2.60; Neh.7.62)
In the Bible
Strong H1806I appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- delaiah2
First verses
- Ezra 2:60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
- Nehemiah 7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.