Strong H1806H1806Jדְּלָיָ֫הוּ
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
Meaning of the name
Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
General definition
In the biblical story
Delaiah
Father of Shemaiah, who tried to deceive Nehemiah
Delaiah was the father of Shemaiah, who tried to deceive Nehemiah into hiding in the temple. (Neh.6.10)
In the Bible
Strong H1806J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- delaiah1
First verses
- Nehemiah 6:10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.