gedalya · Gedaliah

What it means

gedalya (גְּדַּלְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gedaliah”.

A personal name meaning "YHWH is great." Son of Ahikam; the king of Babylon set him over the people left in Judah, and he was killed at Mizpah by Ishmael (2 Kings 25:22-25; Jeremiah 40–41). Other men also bear it.

How to say it

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

• 2 Kings×5
• 1 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×1
• Jeremiah×23
• Zephaniah×1

• 2 Kings 25:22

  As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.

• 2 Kings 25:23

  All the chiefs of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

• 2 Kings 25:24

  Gedaliah swore to them and to their men and said to them, “Do not fear the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

• 2 Kings 25:25

  And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, of the royal offspring, came, and ten men with him, and they struck Gedaliah, and he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

• 1 Chronicles 25:3

  Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in giving thanks and praising YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 25:9

  The first lot, of Asaph, came out for Joseph; Gedaliah the second, he and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

• Ezra 10:18

  And there were found among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

• Jeremiah 38:1

  Shephatiah son of Mattan and Gedaliah son of Pashhur and Jucal son of Shelemiah and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying,

• Jeremiah 39:14

  they sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to take him out to the house; and he stayed among the people.

• Jeremiah 40:5

  And as he had not yet turned back, he said, “Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and live with him among the people; or wherever it is right in your eyes to go, go.” And the chief of the guard gave him provisions and a gift, and let him go.

• Jeremiah 40:6

  So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

• Jeremiah 40:7

  And all the chiefs of the forces who were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam in the land, and that he had entrusted to him men and women and little ones, and some of the poor of the land, of those who had not been carried into exile to Babylon;

• Jeremiah 40:8

  and they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan, sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

• Jeremiah 40:9

  And Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.

• Jeremiah 40:11

  Likewise, all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the lands, heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.

• Jeremiah 40:12

  Then all the Jews returned from all the places where they had been driven, and they came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and they gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.

• Jeremiah 40:13

  And Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces who were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah,

• Jeremiah 40:14

  and they said to him, “Do you really know that Baalis king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to strike you dead?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

• Jeremiah 40:15

  Then Johanan son of Kareah said to Gedaliah in secret at Mizpah, saying, “Let me go, please, and strike Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know. Why should he strike you dead, and all Judah be scattered, who are gathered to you, and the remnant of Judah perish?”

• Jeremiah 40:16

  But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do this thing, for you are speaking falsehood about Ishmael.”

• Jeremiah 41:1

  And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama came, of the royal offspring, and the great men of the king, and ten men with him, to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah; and they ate bread together there at Mizpah.

• Jeremiah 41:2

  Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword and put him to death, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.

• Jeremiah 41:3

  Also all the Jews who were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war, Ishmael struck down.

• Jeremiah 41:4

  And it happened, on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, and no one knew it,

• Jeremiah 41:6

  And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out to meet them from Mizpah, going along and weeping; and it happened, when he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”

• Jeremiah 41:9

  Now the cistern where Ishmael had thrown all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down along with Gedaliah was the one that King Asa had made because of Baasha king of Israel; that one Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the slain.

• Jeremiah 41:10

  Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were at Mizpah, the daughters of the king and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had entrusted to Gedaliah son of Ahikam; Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and went to cross over to the sons of Ammon.

• Jeremiah 41:16

  Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the chiefs of the forces who were with him took all the remnant of the people whom he had brought back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam: men, men of war, and women and little ones and court officials, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

• Jeremiah 41:18

  because of the Chaldeans, for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.

• Jeremiah 43:6

  the men and the women and the little ones and the daughters of the king, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

• Zephaniah 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.

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