דְּלָיָהDᵉlâyâh
proper name, masculine: Yah(u) hath drawn
Pronunciation: del-aw-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1806
Meanings
1.
a. a priest, contemporary of David (1 Chronicles 24:18)
b. a prince of Judah, contemporary of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25)
2.
a. head of a family contemporary with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62)
b. descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:24)
c. father of contemporary of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
- 1 Chronicles 24:18 The twenty-third lot fell to Delaiah. The twenty-fourth lot fell to Maaziah.
- Ezra 2:60 This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—a total of 652 people.
- Nehemiah 6:10 Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”
- Nehemiah 7:62 This group included the families of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda—a total of 642 people.
- Jeremiah 36:12 he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).