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# קוֹלָיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6964

**Kolaiah** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Kolaiah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קוֹלָיָה: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (voice of י׳);— father of proph. Ahab Je 29:21. Benjamite Ne 11:7; Κοδια, A Κωλεια, 𝔊L Κολεια. Prob. also Levite Ezr 10:23, MT קֵלָיָה but 𝔊 Κωλεια, A Κωλαα (cf. GrayProp. N. 297).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Kolaiah (2).

## In the verses

[Nehemiah 11:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.7/#tree)

וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן סַלֻּ֡א בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּ֡ם בֶּן־יוֹעֵ֡ד בֶּן־פְּדָיָה֩ בֶן־ק֨וֹלָיָ֧ה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה בֶּן־אִֽיתִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.descendants 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.Jeshaiah

*JPS 1917:* 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 Jeshaiah.

[Jeremiah 29:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.29.21/#tree)

כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אַחְאָ֤ב בֶּן־קֽוֹלָיָה֙ וְאֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶן־מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔ה הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶ֛ם בִּשְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑קֶר הִנְנִ֣י ׀ נֹתֵ֣ן אֹתָ֗ם בְּיַד֙ נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְהִכָּ֖ם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh of.hosts the.God of.Israel concerning Ahab the.son of.Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the.son of.Maaseiah \[who are\].prophesying to you in name my falsehood here I \[am\].about.to.give them in the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon and he will.strike.them.down to eyes your

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who 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;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6964.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6964/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).