Bible Person
Meaning: the Lord's secret or miracle · Male · 2 cross references
Pelaiah is a Levite involved in helping the people understand the law and later appears in covenantal contexts in Nehemiah. He belongs to the teaching and reforming leadership of post-exilic Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 8:7.1
AI summary: Pelaiah matters because his cross references place him in the public interpretation of God's law, one of the decisive scenes in the community's renewal after exile. His presence shows that restoration depended not only on rebuilding structures but on leaders who could make the word understood and embraced. Taken together, the material presents Pelaiah as a Levite whose service supports spiritual reformation through instruction.1
Central Figure
Pelaiah
Meaning: the Lord's secret or miracle
A Levite who expounded the law (Neh.
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.