גְּדַּלְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ; from H1431 (גָּדַל) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has become great;

KJV Usage

Gedaliah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a son of jeduthun in the time of david
• 2.son of ahikam, the governor of judea appointed by nebuchadnezzar
• 3.son of pashur, one of the chiefs of jerusalem in the time of jeremiah
• 4.son of amariah and grandson of hezekiah
• 5.a priest of the sons of jeshua in the time of ezra

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Gᵉdalyâh; Pronunciation: ghed-al-yaw'