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Lexicon :: Strong's H1436 - gᵊḏalyâ

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גְּדַלְיָה
Transliteration
gᵊḏalyâ
Pronunciation
ghed-al-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

גְּדַּלְיָה Gᵉdalyâh, ghed-al-yaw'; or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ Gᵉdalyâhûw; from H1431 and H3050; Jah has become great; Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites:—Gedaliah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H1436 in the following manner: Gedaliah (32x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H1436 in the following manner: Gedaliah (32x).

  1. Gedaliah = "Jehovah is great"

    1. a son of Jeduthun in the time of David

    2. son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar

    3. son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah

    4. son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah

    5. a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּדַּלְיָה Gᵉdalyâh, ghed-al-yaw'; or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ Gᵉdalyâhûw; from H1431 and H3050; Jah has become great; Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites:—Gedaliah.
STRONGS H1436: Abbreviations
† גְּדַלְיָה proper name, masculine (Yah is great) —
1. governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 40:5, 8; Jeremiah 41:16.
2. son of Amariah, a son of Hezekiah Zephaniah 1:1.
3. priest of the sons of Jeshua Ezra 10:18.

גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is great) —
1. governor of Judea = גדליה 2 Kings 25:22-25 Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:6-16; Jeremiah 41; Jeremiah 43:6 (24 times)
2. son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:1.
3. one of the sons of Jeduthun, in the time of David 1 Chronicles 25:3, 9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

25:22; 25:23; 25:24; 25:25

1 Chronicles

25:3; 25:9

Ezra

10:18

Jeremiah

38:1; 39:14; 40:5; 40:6; 40:7; 40:8; 40:8; 40:9; 40:10; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:14; 40:15; 40:16; 41; 41:16; 43:6

Zephaniah

1:1

H1436

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1436 matches the Hebrew גְּדַלְיָה (gᵊḏalyâ),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - And over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[fn] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - Now there were found some of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, some of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:1 - Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - If you remain,[fn] then return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:6 - Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise, when all the Judeans who were in Moab and among the Ammonites and in Edom and in other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:12 - then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:13 - Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:4 - On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along with[fn] Gedaliah was the large cistern that King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
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