גְּדַלְיָה
ge.dal.yah
“Gedaliah”
Definition
Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ; from H1431 (גָּדַל) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has become great;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
גְּדַלְיָה appears 31 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went.When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
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