Dᵉlâyâh (H1806) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Dᵉlâyâh in English — Strong's Lexicon

Definition

masculine proper noun

Delajah, the name of five Israelites

Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn"
a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course
a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim
the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel
a descendant of Zerubbabel
the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

Dᵉlâyâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Jeremiah (2)

1 Chronicles 3:24 — And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah (וּדְלָיָ֛ה), and Anani, seven.
1 Chronicles 24:18 — The three and twentieth to Delaiah (לִדְלָיָ֙הוּ֙), the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
Ezra 2:60 — The children of Delaiah (דְלָיָ֥ה), the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah 6:10 — Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah (דְּלָיָ֛ה) the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah 7:62 — The children of Delaiah (דְלָיָ֥ה), the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
Jeremiah 36:12 — Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah (וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ) the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Jeremiah 36:25 — Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah (וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ) and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.