גְּדַּלְיָה
Gᵉdalyâh · ghed-al-yaw'
Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (prolonged) גְּדַלְיָהוּ; from H1431 (גָּדַל) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has become great;
Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gedaliah.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּדַּלְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to gedaliah8 · 25%
- gedaliah6 · 19%
- and gedaliah4 · 13%
- had made gedaliah2 · 6%
- unto gedaliah2 · 6%
- of gedaliah2 · 6%
- even over them he made gedaliah1 · 3%
- him unto gedaliah1 · 3%
- also to gedaliah1 · 3%
- over them gedaliah1 · 3%
- thee? but gedaliah1 · 3%
- but gedaliah1 · 3%
- that were with him, even with gedaliah1 · 3%
- with gedaliah1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.