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
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
- Nehemiah 8:7Also 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.
- Nehemiah 10:10And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,