Pᵉlaṭyâh — H6410

Definition

masculine proper noun

Pelatjah, the name of four Israelites

1. Pelatiah = "Jehovah delivers"
2. son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel
3. a Simeonite in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah who was one of the captains of 500 men who defeated the Amalekites who had escaped
4. one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
5. son of Benaiah and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was ordered to prophesy doom

Usually translated as

Pelatiah

Origin

or Pᵉlaṭyâhûw; from H6403 and H3050; Jah has delivered

• Derived from Pâlaṭ (H6403)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Pᵉlaṭyâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Chronicles 3:21 — And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah (פְּלַטְיָ֣ה), and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
• 1 Chronicles 4:42 — And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah (וּפְלַטְיָ֡ה), and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
• Nehemiah 10:22 — Pelatiah (פְּלַטְיָ֥ה), Hanan, Anaiah,
• Ezekiel 11:1 — Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah (פְּלַטְיָ֥הוּ) the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
• Ezekiel 11:13 — And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah (וּפְלַטְיָ֥הוּ) the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?