HebrewH1436Proper Noun (Masculine)

גְּדַלְיָה

ge.dal.yah

31Occurrences
H1436Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites

or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ; from H1431 (גָּדַל) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has become great;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Gedaliah = "Jehovah is great" 1) son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah 3) a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גְּדַלְיָה appears 31 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
23
2 Kings
4
1 Chronicles
2
Ezra
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 25:3BSB

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.

Ezra 10:18BSB

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.

Jeremiah 40:8BSB

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.

Jeremiah 40:15BSB

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?”

Jeremiah 41:6BSB

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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