Kelita
קְלִיטָאStrong’s H7042qelita (qe-li-ta)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qelita is the Hebrew word usually translated “kelita”. It appears in 3 verses 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 'Kelaiah'
How it's translated
- kelita 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 2
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 8:7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 10:10And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Hebrew dictionary
קְלִיטָא qelita · Kelita
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7 § Kelita = "crippled" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 1a) also 'Kelaiah'
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.