Delaiah

Di-lay´yuh; Heb., “Yah[weh] draws up”

1 The head of one of the twenty-four divisions of priests organized by David (1Chr 24:18). 2 A royal official who urged Jehoiakim not to burn Jeremiah’s scroll (Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25). 3 The head of a family that returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:60; Neh 7:62; 1Esd 5:37). 4 A descendant of David through Zerubbabel (1Chr 3:24). 5 The father of a contemporary of Nehemiah (Neh 6:10).