דְּלָיָה

delaya · Delaiah

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1806 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

delaya (דְּלָיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Delaiah”.

The name of several Israelites. The name means "YHWH has drawn out" (as one draws water from a well).

How to say it

de·la·ya

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

  • 1 Chronicles 3:24

    And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:18

    for Delaiah the twenty-third, for Maaziah the twenty-fourth.

  • Ezra 2:60

    the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.

  • Nehemiah 6:10

    And I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, and he was shut in; and he said, “Let us meet at the house of Elohim, inside the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; and by night they are coming to kill you.”

  • Nehemiah 7:62

    the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.

  • Jeremiah 36:12

    and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

  • Jeremiah 36:25

    And even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.