Barzillay — H1271

H1271 · Hebrew — ברזלי

Pronunciation: bar-zil-lah'-ee

Definition

masculine proper noun

Barzillai, the name of three Israelites

  1. Barzillai = "my iron"
  2. a Gileadite leader who helped David defeat Absalom's rebellion
  3. a priest, son-in-law to Barzillai the Gileadite
  4. an Israelite from Mahalath whose son Adriel married Michal, Saul's daughter

Usually translated as

Barzillai

Origin

from H1270; iron-hearted

Occurrences

Barzillay occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (7), 1 Kings (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B