קוֹלָיָהQôwlâyâh

proper name, masculine: voice of

Pronunciation: ko-law-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6964

Meanings

1. father of prophet Ahab (Jeremiah 29:21)

2. Benjamite (Nehemiah 11:7)

3. Levite (Ezra 10:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 11:7 From the tribe of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah.
  • Jeremiah 29:21 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says about your prophets—Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah—who are telling you lies in my name: “I will turn them over to Nebuchadnezzar for execution before your eyes.

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).