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Strong's #6411 - פְּלָאיָה

Transliteration

Pᵉlâyâh

Phonetics

pel-aw-yaw', pel-aw-yaw'

Origin

from (H6381) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

BSB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

CSB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

ESV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

KJV (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

LEB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

LSB (1)

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (1)

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (1)

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

1 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְּלָאיָה proper name, masculine Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 10:11, ᵐ5^L Φαλαιας.

מְּלָיָה proper name, masculine (late Assyrian Pi-lîâma Hilpr^{Univ. Pa. Exp. ix. 68}); — 1 Chronicles 3:24, Φαρα, Φαλαια, Φαδια.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פְּלָאיָה (“whom Jehovah has made distinguished”), [Pelaiah], pr.n. m. Nehemiah 8:7, 10:11.

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List of Word Forms

וּפְלָיָ֡ה ופליה פְּלָאיָ֥ה פְּלָאיָה֙ פלאיה pə·lā·yāh pelaYah pəlāyāh ū·p̄ə·lā·yāh ufelaYah ūp̄əlāyāh