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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> | |||
<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 | |||
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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."
