Word Study · Strong's H6411 · Hebrew
פְּלָיָה
Pelayah
pel-aw-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pᵉlâyâh
“Pelajah, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Pelajah, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Pelaiah.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּפְלָיָ֡ה1
- פְּלָאיָה֙1
- פְּלָאיָ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Pelaiah2
- and Pelaiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 8:7פְּלָאיָה֙pelayahproper noun (a name)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.here: Pelaiah
- Nehemiah 10:10פְּלָאיָ֥הpelayahproper noun (a name)and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,here: Pelaiah