Word Study · Strong's H1806 · Hebrew
דְּלָיָה
Delayah
del-aw-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Dᵉlâyâh
“Delajah, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Delajah, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Dalaiah, Delaiah.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- דְלָיָ֥ה2
- דְּלָיָ֛ה1
- וּדְלָיָ֛ה1
- וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ1
- וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ1
- לִדְלָיָ֙הוּ֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- and Delaiah3
- Delaiah3
- to Delaiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 3
- HNpm · 3
- HR/Npm · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 3:24וּדְלָיָ֛הudelayahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.here: and Delaiah
- 1 Chronicles 24:18לִדְלָיָ֙הוּ֙lidlayahupreposition + proper noun (a name)the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.here: to Delaiah
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 6:10דְּלָיָ֛הdelayahproper noun (a name)Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”here: Delaiah
- Nehemiah 7:62דְלָיָ֥הdelayahproper noun (a name)the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.here: Delaiah
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 36:12וּדְלָיָ֣הוּudelayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: and Delaiah
- Jeremiah 36:25וּדְלָיָ֤הוּudelayahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.here: and Delaiah