Qᵉlîyṭâʼ — H7042

Definition

masculine proper noun

Kelita, the name of three Israelites

1. Kelita = "crippled"
2. a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
1. also 'Kelaiah'

Usually translated as

Kelita

Origin

from H7038; maiming

• Derived from Qâlaṭ (H7038)

Occurrences

Qᵉlîyṭâʼ occurs 3 times in the King James.

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

• Ezra 10:23 — Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita (קְלִיטָ֔א),) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita (קְלִיטָ֣א), Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, 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 (קְלִיטָ֖א), Pelaiah, Hanan,