Dictionaries :: Delaiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Delaiah:

freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1Ch 24:18).

(2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah's first roll of prophecy was read (Jer 36:12).

(3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:60; Neh 7:62).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Delaiah:

the poor of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Delaiah:

de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):

(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").

(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1Ch 24:18).

(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer 36:12,25).

(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin). See DALAN.

(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Ne 6:10).

Nave's Topical Bible

Delaiah: 1. Head of the Twenty-Third Division of the Priestly Order

1Ch 24:18

Delaiah: 2. A Prince of Judah

Jer 36:12, 25

Delaiah: 3. A Progenitor of Certain Babylonish Captives

Ezr 2:60; Neh 7:62

Delaiah: 4. Father of a False Prophet

Neh 6:10

Delaiah: 5. A Descendant of the Royal Line of Judah

Also called DALAIAH,

1Ch 3:24.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Delaiah:

(freed by Jehovah).

(1.) A priest in the time of David, leader of the twenty‐third course of priests (1 Chronicles 24:18). (B.C. 1014)

(2.) "Children of Delaiah" were among the people of uncertain pedigree who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62). (B.C. 536)

(3.) Son of Mehetabeel and father of Shemaiah (Nehemiah 6:10). (B.C. before 410)

(4.) Son of Shemaiah, one of the "princes" about the court of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12; 36:25). (B.C. 604)