דְּלָיָה

Detailed Definition

• 1a priest in the time of david, leader of the 23rd course
• 2a son of shemaiah, a ruler of judah in the time of jeremiah in the court of jehoiakim
• 3the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be israelites in the time of zerubbabel
• 4a descendant of zerubbabel
• 5the son of mehetabeel and the father of shemaiah, a contemporary of nehemiah