Pᵉlâyâh — H6411

Definition

masculine proper noun

Pelajah, the name of three Israelites

1. Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders"
2. son of Elioenai and a descendant of David in the royal line
3. a priest who helped Ezra to expound the law to the people and also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Pelaiah

Origin

or Pᵉlâʼyâh; from H6381 and H3050; Jah has distinguished

• Derived from Pâlâʼ (H6381)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Pᵉlâyâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Chronicles 3:24 — And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah (וּפְלָיָ֡ה), and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah (פְּלָאיָה֙), and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
• Nehemiah 10:10 — And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah (פְּלָאיָ֥ה), Hanan,