Bible Person

Gedaliah

Meaning: God is my greatness · Male · 1 cross reference

This Gedaliah entry refers to one of the officials hostile to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 38, not to the post-exilic figures or the better-known governor after Jerusalem's fall. He belongs to the political opposition surrounding the prophet in Judah's final days. First appears in Jer 38:1.1

AI summary: This Gedaliah matters because his single cross reference places him among the nobles who pressure the king against Jeremiah. The entry gives a personal face to the resistance that prophetic truth met at the highest levels of Judah's collapsing state. Taken together, the material presents this Gedaliah as an opponent in the political struggle around Jeremiah.1

Central Figure

Gedaliah

Meaning: God is my greatness

One of the Jewish nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jer.