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gᵊdalyā גְּדַלְיָה ‘Gedaliah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gādal גָּדַל ‘to magnify’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: גדל יה
Variants: גְּדַלְיָה, גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ

gᵊdalyā pr n m pers
AGedaliah = "Jehovah is great"
1) son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar
2) son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah
3) a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra
BGedaliah = "Jehovah is great"
1) a son of Jeduthun in the time of David
2) governor of Judea
3) son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah

Mentioned in 2 Kings 25:22, 25:23, 25:24, 25:25 Jeremiah 40:15, 40:11, 40:5, 39:14, 40:6, 40:7, 40:9, 40:14, 40:16, 41:1, 41:2, 41:6, 41:10, 41:16, 41:18, 43:6, 41:4, 41:9, 38:1, 40:8, 40:12, 40:13, 41:3 Zephaniah 1:1 Ezra 10:18 1 Chronicles 25:3, 25:9

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