Topic
Kelaiah
7 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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- Ezra 10:23Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, and assisted Ezra in expounding the law
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- Nehemiah 8:7ISBE · Nave A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, and assisted Ezra in expounding the law
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 10:9ISBE
And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
- Nehemiah 10:10Nave A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, and assisted Ezra in expounding the law
And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 10:28ISBE
¶ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having…
- 1 Esdras 9:23ISBE
And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
- 1 Esdras 9:48ISBE
Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Adinus, Jacubus, Sabateas, Auteas, Maianeas, and Calitas, Asrias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Biatas, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
ke-la'-ya, ke-li'-a (qelayah, "swift for Yah"[?]; Kolios; Codex Vaticanus, Konos): One of the priests who had "foreign wives" (Ezr 10:23, also "Kelita"). In parallel list of 1 Esdras 9:23, he again has a double name--"Colius" and "Calitas." A "Kelita" is named as helping Ezra at the expounding of the law (Ne 8:7; compare /RAPC 1Es 9:48, "Calitas"), and also among the signatories of the covenant (Ne 10:9; for nature of covenant see Ne 10:28). They may not, however, be the same person.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.