Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6964: קוֹלָיָה

Qôwlâyâh · pronounced ko-law-yaw' · “Kolaiah”

Definition

Kolajah, the name of two Israelites

KJV translates it as: Kolaiah.

Word origin: from H6963 (קוֹל) and H3050 (יָהּ); voice of Jah;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.7;
son of: Maaseiah (H4641U);
father of: Pedaiah (H6305L)
§ Kolaiah = "voice of Jehovah"
1) father of the false prophet Ahab
2) a Benjamite whose descendants settled in Jerusalem after the return from captivity
3) a Levite in the time of Ezra

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6964 is translated

  • kolaiah ×2

Bible verses with H6964 (Qôwlâyâh)

Qôwlâyâh appears in 2 verses.

  • Nehemiah 11:7

    And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

  • Jeremiah 29:21

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;