Chelday — H2469

Definition

masculine proper noun

Cheldai, the name of two Israelites

1. Heldai = "worldly"
2. one of David's mighty warriors and the 12th captain of the monthly courses for the temple service
3. a returning exile in the time of Zechariah

Usually translated as

Heldai

Origin

from H2466; worldliness

• Derived from Chêled (H2466)

Occurrences

Chelday occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Zechariah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 27:15 — The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai (חֶלְדַּ֥י) the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
• Zechariah 6:10 — Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai (מֵחֶלְדַּ֕י), of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;