Quick Definition
Kelaiah
Biblical Persons & Places
Kelaiah
Man living at the time of Exile and Return
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23;
referred to as Kelaiah (קֵלָיָה), or Kelita (קְלִיטָא).
Strong's Definition
Kelajah, an Israelite
Derivation: from H7034 (קָלָה); insignificance;
KJV Usage: Kelaiah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Kelaiah = "Jehovah has dishonoured"
1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
1a) also 'Kelita'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קֵלָיָה (qe.la.yah) — Kelaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23; also called Kelita at Ezr.10.23; Also named: qe.li.ta (קְלִיטָא "Kelita" H7042H) § Kelaiah = "Jehovah has dishonoured" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 1a) also 'Kelita'
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of People | ≈ קְלִיטָא
Kelaiah = man, also known as Kelita; ◄ tribe of Levi; ► Levite who had married a foreign wife during the exile and had to divorce her
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קוֹלָיָה n.pr.m. (voice of י׳) father of proph. Ahab
Benjamite
Levite
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