Kelaiah
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
KELAIAH . A Levite who had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:23 ), called in Esther 9:23 Esther 9:23 Colius . In Ezr. the gloss is added ‘which is Kelita ’ (in 1 Es. ‘who was called Calitas ’). Kelita appears in Nehemiah 8:7 as one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the Law (cf. 1Es 9:48 Calitas ), and his name occurs amongst the signatories to the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:10 ). It does not follow, however, that because Kelaiah was also called Kelita he is to be identified with this Kelita.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Kela'iah. (Swift Messenger Of Jehovah). See Kelita . Ezra 10:23.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 8:7.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Ezra 10:23Kelita
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
kḗ - lā´ya , kḗ - lı̄´a ( קליה , ḳēlāyāh , "swift for Yah"[?]; Κωλίος , Kōlı̄os ; Codex Vaticanus, Κώνος , Kṓnos ): One of the priests who had "foreign wives" ( Ezra 10:23 , also "Kelita"). In parallel list of 1 Esdras 9:23, he again has a double name - "Colius" and "Calitas." A "Kelita" is named as helping Ezra at the expounding of the law ( Nehemiah 8:7; compare 1 Esdras 9:48, "Calitas"), and also among the signatories of the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:9; for nature of covenant see Nehemiah 10:28 ff). They may not, however, be the same person.
