BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2517
chel.qay — Helkai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.15 § Helkai = "my portion is Jehovah" chief of Meremoth's priestly family in the time of Joiakim
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4812
me.ra.vot — Meraioth
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.6; son of: Zerahiah (H2228); father of: Amariah (H0568) § Meraioth = "rebellious" 1) grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house 2) son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house 3) head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Neh. 12:15).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
