Gedaliah

American  

[ged-l-ahy-uh, gi-dahl-yuh] / ˌgɛd lˈaɪ ə, gɪˈdɑl yə /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon.

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Etymology

Origin of Gedaliah

From Hebrew Gədalyāhū “God is great”

Example Sentences

One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house."

From Time Magazine Archive

From the soles of his high-laced shoes to the top of his balding pate, Nathan Gedaliah Richman is the kind of executive that Richman workers think is tops.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Feast of Gedaliah is still celebrated by orthodox Jews the week before Yom Kippur.

From Time Magazine Archive

The genealogy of Zephaniah is given through Cushi, Gedaliah, and Amariah to Hezekiah; for in the original Hebrew the words Hizkiah and Hezekiah are the same.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Now a grandson of Shaphan, Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, was to give a temporary haven to the weary Jeremiah.

From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac