Delayah דְּלָיָ֫הוּ

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Delayah
דְּלָיָ֫הוּ
Transliterationdelayah
Strong's numberH1806 (H1806I, H1806K, H1806G, H1806H, H1806J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossDelaiah
Occurrences7 in 7 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (2)

Delayah (Hebrew דְּלָיָ֫הוּ, Strong's H1806) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Delaiah”. It occurs 7 times.

Definition

H1806I: Delaiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.60
§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

H1806K: Delaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.12;
son of: Shemaiah (H8098Z)
§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

H1806G: Delaiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24;
son of: Elioenai (H0454B);
brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I) and Anani (H6054)
§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

H1806H: Delaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.18
§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

H1806J: Delaiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.6.10;
son of: Mehetabel (H4105H);
father of: Shemaiah (H8098S)
§ Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
4) a descendant of Zerubbabel
5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdelaiah (6), dalaiah (1)
BSBdelaiah (7)

Verses

Every verse with Delayah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Jeremiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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