Dictionaries :: Pelaiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pelaiah:

distinguished of the Lord. (1.) One of David's posterity (1Ch 3:24).

(2.) A Levite who expounded the law (Neh 8:7).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Pelaiah:

the Lord's secret or miracle

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Pelaiah:

pe-la'-ya, pe-li'-a (pela'yah):

(1) A son of Elioenai, of the royal house of Judah (1Ch 3:24).

(2) A Levite who assisted Ezra by expounding the Law (Ne 8:7), and was one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (10:10). He is called "Phalias" in 1 Esdras 9:48 (Revised Version).

Nave's Topical Bible

Pelaiah: 1. Son of Elioenai

1Ch 3:24

Pelaiah: 2. A Levite

Who assisted Ezra in instructing the people in the law,

Neh 8:7; 10:10.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Pelaiah:

(distinguished by Jehovah).

(1.) A son of Elioenai, of the royal line of Judah (1 Chronicles 3:24). (B.C. after 400)

(2.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the law (Nehemiah 8:7). He afterward sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:10). (B.C. 445)