HebrewH7042Proper Noun (Masculine)
קְלִיטָא
qe.li.ta
“Kelita”
2Occurrences
H7042Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Kelita, the name of three Israelites
from H7038 (קָלַט); maiming;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Kelita = "crippled" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of a) also 'Kelaiah'
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
קְלִיטָא appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 10:23BSB
Among the Levites:Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Nehemiah 8:7BSB
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
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