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<p> '''''kal´i''''' -'''''tas''''' ( Καλιτάς , <i> '''''Kalitás''''' </i> , or Καλειταίς , <i> '''''Kaleitaı́s''''' </i> ): One of the [[Levites]] who put away their foreign wives at the request of [[Esdras]] (Ezra), 1 Esdras 9:23, "Colius, who was called Calitas." It is the [[Greek]] form of [[Hebrew]] [[Kelita]] (compare parallel passage, Ezra 10:23 , elaiah, the same is Kelita"). He is also named with those who explained the law when read to the people by Esdras (1 Esdras 9:48; compare Nehemiah 8:7 ). It is not certain whether he is to be identified with the Kelita of Nehemiah 10:10 (one of the Levites who signed the covenant made by Nehemiah). The word probably means "dwarf." </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50257" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> CALITAS </strong> . One of the [[Levites]] who undertook to repudiate his ‘strange wife,’ Esther 9:23 Esther 9:23 . He bore a second name, <strong> [[Colius]] </strong> . A [[Levite]] of the same name, and probably the same person, is mentioned in 1Es 9:48 as one of those who expounded the Law. See also [[Kelaiah.]] </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2235" /> == | |||
<p> '''''kal´i''''' -'''''tas''''' ( Καλιτάς , <i> '''''Kalitás''''' </i> , or Καλειταίς , <i> '''''Kaleitaı́s''''' </i> ): One of the [[Levites]] who put away their foreign wives at the request of [[Esdras]] (Ezra), 1 Esdras 9:23, "Colius, who was called Calitas." It is the [[Greek]] form of [[Hebrew]] [[Kelita]] (compare parallel passage, Ezra 10:23 , elaiah, the same is Kelita"). He is also named with those who explained the law when read to the people by Esdras (1 Esdras 9:48; compare Nehemiah 8:7 ). It is not certain whether he is to be identified with the Kelita of Nehemiah 10:10 (one of the Levites who signed the covenant made by Nehemiah). The word probably means "dwarf." </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29283" /> == | |||
<p> ( Καλιτάς and Καλίτας ), given as the name of one of the [[Levites]] who had taken foreign wives after the restoration from [[Babylon]] ( 1 [[Esdras]] 9:23,where he is also called COLIUS), and who assisted in expounding the law to the people ( 1 Esdras 9:48); evidently the KELITA (See [[Kelita]]) (q.v.) of the genuine texts ( Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 8:7). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_50257"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/calitas Calitas from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2235"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/calitas Calitas from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_29283"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/calitas Calitas from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 16:54, 8 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
CALITAS . One of the Levites who undertook to repudiate his ‘strange wife,’ Esther 9:23 Esther 9:23 . He bore a second name, Colius . A Levite of the same name, and probably the same person, is mentioned in 1Es 9:48 as one of those who expounded the Law. See also Kelaiah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
kal´i -tas ( Καλιτάς , Kalitás , or Καλειταίς , Kaleitaı́s ): One of the Levites who put away their foreign wives at the request of Esdras (Ezra), 1 Esdras 9:23, "Colius, who was called Calitas." It is the Greek form of Hebrew Kelita (compare parallel passage, Ezra 10:23 , elaiah, the same is Kelita"). He is also named with those who explained the law when read to the people by Esdras (1 Esdras 9:48; compare Nehemiah 8:7 ). It is not certain whether he is to be identified with the Kelita of Nehemiah 10:10 (one of the Levites who signed the covenant made by Nehemiah). The word probably means "dwarf."
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Καλιτάς and Καλίτας ), given as the name of one of the Levites who had taken foreign wives after the restoration from Babylon ( 1 Esdras 9:23,where he is also called COLIUS), and who assisted in expounding the law to the people ( 1 Esdras 9:48); evidently the KELITA (See Kelita) (q.v.) of the genuine texts ( Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 8:7).
