Pelayah means “Pelaiah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6411 פְּלָיָה פְּלָאיָה (Playah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Playah (pel-aw-yaw') (or Pla.yah {pel-aw-yaw'}) n/p. 1. Jah has distinguished 2. Pelajah, the name of three Israelites It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include pelaiah, akkub, hodijah, kelita, and hanan. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Playah (pel-aw-yaw') (or Pla.yah {pel-aw-yaw'}) n/p. 1. Jah has distinguished 2. Pelajah, the name of three Israelites [from H6381 and H3050] KJV: Pelaiah. Root(s): H6381, H3050
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Pelaiah
Usage: A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7 § Pelaiah = "Jehovah does wonders" 1) son of Elioenai and a descendant of David in the royal line 2) a priest who helped Ezra to expound the law to the people and also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6411.
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6411, grouped by book.
Pelayah (Strong's H6411) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Pelaiah". Playah (pel-aw-yaw') (or Pla.yah {pel-aw-yaw'}) n/p. 1. Jah has distinguished 2. Pelajah, the name of three Israelites
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H6411 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6411 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pelaiah, akkub, hodijah, kelita, hanan, and people. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.