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Pelaliah
entreating the Lord
פְּלַלְיָה pe.lal.yah
Pelaliah (Hebrew: פְּלַלְיָה, pe.lal.yah) means “entreating the Lord”, by traditional interpretation. It appears once, at Nehemiah 11:12. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears with Adaiah in Nehemiah 11.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Pelaliah
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 1 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Return
- Hapax
- Yes occurs exactly once
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | Nehemiah 11:12 |
| Cross-references | 5 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Jeroham co-occurrence Appears with Jeroham in Nehemiah 11.
- Adaiah co-occurrence Appears with Adaiah in Nehemiah 11.
- Zechariah co-occurrence Appears with Zechariah in Nehemiah 11.
- Amzi co-occurrence Appears with Amzi in Nehemiah 11.
- Malchijah co-occurrence Appears with Malchijah in Nehemiah 11.
- Isaiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Elijah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Hezekiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
Origin & meaning
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.12;
son of: Amzi (H0557H);
father of: Jeroham (H3395J)
§ Pelaliah = "Jehovah has judged"
son of Amzi and ancestor of Adaiah the priest in the time of Nehemiah
Pelaliah, a priest who lived in Jerusalem during Nehemiah's time.
The biblical story
Pelaliah was a priest who resided in Jerusalem during the time of Nehemiah, according to Neh.11.12. He was the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah. This lineage indicates that Pelaliah belonged to a priestly family. As a priest living in Jerusalem, he would have had duties related to the temple service and worship.
Key verses
Pelaliah appears in 1 verse. Here are some of the most notable:
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And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
Nehemiah 11:12
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Nehemiah (1)
- Nehemiah 11:12