Lexical Definition

‎פְּלַטְיָה‎ Pᵉlaṭyâh (pel-at-yaw') Pelatiah ^N:N-M-P
or פְּלַטְיָהוּ Pᵉlaṭyâhûw (pel-atyaw'-hoo); from ‎פָּלַט‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has delivered

Pelatiah.

• § Pelatiah = "Jehovah delivers"
• Pelatjah, the name of four Israelites

1) son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel
2) a Simeonite in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah who was one of the captains of 500 men who defeated the Amalekites who had escaped
3) one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
4) son of Benaiah and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was ordered to prophesy doom

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פְּלֵטְיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎פְּלַטְיָה‎ proper name, masculine Φαλτιας, Φαλεττι(α), etc.: —

1. ‎יָהוּ‎-, a prince of people Ezek 11:1; Ezek 11:13.

2. ‎יָה‎-, grandson of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:21, perhaps = Neh 10:23*.

3. ‎יָה‎-, Simeonite 1Chr 4:42.

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