Dictionaries :: Pelatiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pelatiah:

deliverance of the Lord. (1.) A son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:21).

(2.) A captain of "the sons of Simeon" (4:42).

(3.) Neh 10:22.

(4.) One of the twenty-five princes of the people against whom Ezekiel prophesied on account of their wicked counsel (Eze 11:1-13).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Pelatiah:

let the Lord deliver; deliverance of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Pelatiah:

pel-a-ti'-a (pelatyah, "Yahweh delivers"):

(1) One who "sealed" the covenant (Ne 10:22).

(2) A descendant of Solomon, grandson of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:21).

(3) A Simeonite, one of the captains who cleared out the Amalekites and dwelt on the captured land (1Ch 4:42,43).

(4) A prince of the people whom Ezekiel (in Babylon) pictures as ‘devising mischief' and giving ‘wicked counsel' in Jerusalem. He is represented as falling dead while Ezekiel prophesies (Eze 11:1,13). His name has the "-u," ending.

Nave's Topical Bible

Pelatiah: 1. A Son of Hananiah

Of the family of David,

1Ch 3:21.

Pelatiah: 2. A Simeonite

Who was captain in an expedition against the Amalekites,

1Ch 4:42, 43.

Pelatiah: 3. One of Those Who Signed the Covenant

With Nehemiah,

Neh 10:22.

Pelatiah: 4. A Prince

Against whom Ezekiel prophesied, and who fell dead at the close of the prophecy,

Eze 11:1-13.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Pelatiah:

(delivered by Jehovah).

(1.) Son of Hananiah the son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:21). (B.C. after 536)

(2.) One of the captains of the marauding band of Simeonites who in the reign of Hezekiah made an expedition to Mount Seir and smote the Amalekites (1 Chronicles 4:42). (B.C. about 700)

(3.) One of the heads of the people, and probably the name of a family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:22). (B.C. about 440)

(4.) The son of Benaiah. and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to utter the words of doom recorded in Ezekiel 11:5-12 (B.C. about 592)