Kelaiah
קֵלָיָהStrong’s H7041qelayah (qe-la-yah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qelayah is the Hebrew word usually translated “kelaiah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.”
Meaning
- A Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezraalso 'Kelita'
How it's translated
- and kelaiah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
קֵלָיָה qelayah · Kelaiah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23; also called Kelita at Ezr.10.23; Also named: qe.li.ta (קְלִיטָא "Kelita" H7042H) § Kelaiah = "Jehovah has dishonoured" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 1a) also 'Kelita'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.