Strong H7042H7042Hקְלִיטָא

Kelita

One of the 2 senses of Strong H7042

Transliteration
qelîyţâ'
Pronunciation
kel-ee-taw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23; also called Kelita at Ezr.10.23;
Another name of qe.la.yah (קֵלָיָה "Kelaiah" H7041)

Meaning of the name

Kelita = "crippled"

General definition

From H7038; maiming;
{Kelita} the name of three Israelites: - Kelita.

In the biblical story

Kelaiah

A Levite who married a foreign woman

Kelaiah, also known as Kelita, was a Levite who had married a foreign woman and pledged to put her away during Ezra's reform.

In the Bible

Strong H7042H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • kelita1

First verses

  1. Ezra 10:23
    Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
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