Strong H6411H6411Aפְּלָאיָה

Pelaiah

One of the 2 senses of Strong H6411

Transliteration
pelâyâh pelâ'yâh
Pronunciation
{pel-aw-yaw'} pel-aw-yaw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

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

Meaning of the name

Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders"

General definition

From H6381 and H3050; Jah has distinguished;
{Pelajah} the name of three Israelites: - Pelaiah.

In the biblical story

Pelaiah

Levite who helped explain the Law and signed the covenant

Pelaiah, a Levite who helped explain the Law to the people and signed Nehemiah's covenant.

In the Bible

Strong H6411A appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pelaiah2

First verses

  1. Nehemiah 8:7
    Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
  2. Nehemiah 10:10
    And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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