The meaning of Delaiah in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"):
(1) A descendant of David (I Chronicles 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah").
(2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (I Chronicles 24:18).
(3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:12, Jeremiah 36:25).
(4) The ancestor of a post-exilic family whose genealogy was lost (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62; 1 Esdras 5:37 margin).
See DALAN.
(5) The father of timorous Shemaiah (Nehemiah 6:10).
See more on the meaning of Delaiah in the Bible:
Delaiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Delaiah {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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