Gedaliah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gedaliah
From Hebrew Gədalyāhū “God is great”
Example Sentences
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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
One was a seal inscribed in Hebrew: "To Gedaliah, who rules the house."
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)
Johanan, who had warned Gedaliah of Ishmael's treachery, did not propose to let the murderer escape.
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
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