Bible Dictionary

Tebaliah

The name Tebaliah means “baptism, or goodness, of the Lord”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(purified), third son of Hosah of the children of Merari. (1 Chronicles 26:11) (B.C. 1014.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

teb-a-li'-a, te-bal'-ya (Tebhalyahu, "Yahweh hath dipped," i.e. "purified"; Codex Vaticanus Tablai; Codex Alexandrinus Tabelias; Lucian, Tabeel): A Merarite gatekeeper. (1Ch 26:11). The name should perhaps read Tobhiyahu, "Yahweh is good" (possibly from t-w-b-y-h-w misread Tebhalyahu).

See TOBIJAH.