Delaiah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Delaiah . 1. One of the sons of Elioenai (  1 Chronicles 3:24 , AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Dalaiah ). 2. A priest and leader of the 23rd course of priests (  1 Chronicles 24:18 ). 3. The son of Shemaiah (  Jeremiah 36:12;   Jeremiah 36:25 ). 4. The son of Mehetabel, and father of Shemaiah (  Nehemiah 6:10 ). 5. The head of a family that returned with Zerubbabel (  Ezra 2:60 =   Nehemiah 7:62 ). The name in 1Es 5:37 is Dalan .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Delai'ah. (Freed By Jehovah).

1. A priest, in the time of David, leader of the twenty-third course of priests.  1 Chronicles 24:18. (B.C. 1014).

2. "Children of Delaiah" were among the people, of uncertain pedigree, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62. (B.C. 536).

3. Son of Mehetabeel and father of Shemaiah.  Nehemiah 6:10. (B.C. Before 410).

4. Son of Shemaiah, one of the "princes," about the court of Jehoiakim.  Jeremiah 36:12;  Jeremiah 36:25. (B.C. 604).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem ( Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Delaiah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/d/delaiah.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("Jehovah's freedman"); the modern Godfrey.

1.  1 Chronicles 24:18.

2.  Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62;  Nehemiah 7:64.

3.  Nehemiah 6:10.

4. Interceded that king Jehoiakim would not burn Jeremiah's prophetic roll, but in vain ( Jeremiah 36:12;  Jeremiah 36:25).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Leader of one of the courses of priests.  1 Chronicles 24:18 .

2. Founder of a family whose genealogy was lost.  Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62 .

3. Father of Shemaiah who sought to dishearten Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 6:10 .

4. Son of Shemaiah and prince at the court of Jehoiakim.  Jeremiah 36:12,25 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dē̇ - lā´ya ( דּליה , delāyāh , "God has raised"):

(1) A descendant of David ( 1 Chronicles 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").

(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course ( 1 Chronicles 24:18 ).

(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 36:12 ,  Jeremiah 36:25 ).

(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost ( Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin). See Dalan .

(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah ( Nehemiah 6:10 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

5. (Sept. Δελαϊ v Α v. r. Δαλααϊ v Α ) One of the sons of Elioenai, a descendant of the royal line of Judah from Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3, 24, where, however, the name is Anglicized DALAIAH). He probably belongs to the tenth generation before Christ (see Strong's Harmony And Expos. Of The Gospels p. 17)., B.C. cir. 300.