How to Pronounce Delaiah
deh-LAY-uh
Delaiah is pronounced deh-LAY-uh (dɛˈleɪə): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Delaiah mean?
Delaiah means “the poor of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Delaiah?
Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read (Jer. 36:12). (3.) The head of one of the bands of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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