קְלִיטָאQᵉlîyṭâʼ
proper name, masculine: Levite (Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 10:11; Ezra 10:23)
Pronunciation: kel-ee-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7042
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 10:23 These are the Levites who were guilty: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- Nehemiah 8:7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—then instructed the people in the Law while everyone remained in their places.
- Nehemiah 10:10 and their fellow Levites: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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).