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 · H7042
qe.li.ta — Kelita
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7 § Kelita = "crippled" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 1a) also 'Kelaiah'
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7041
qe.la.yah — Kelaiah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23; also called Kelita at Ezr.10.23; Also named: qe.li.ta (קְלִיטָא "Kelita" H7042H) § Kelaiah = "Jehovah has dishonoured" 1) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 1a) also 'Kelita'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:7; 10:10).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
