# H1436 גְּדַּלְיָה

גְּדַּלְיָה (Gᵉdalyâh), Strong’s H1436: Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites KJV: Gedaliah.. Occurs 32 times.

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*Gᵉdalyâh* — Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Gedaliah.

Built from [גָּדַל gâdal](https://besorah.bible/word/H1431) (to be) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has become great”

Occurs 32 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גְּדַלְיָה n.pr.m. (Yah is great)
- 1 governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar
- 2 son of Amariah, a son of Hezekiah
- 3 priest of the sons of Jeshua
- גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m
- גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is great)
- 1 governor of Judea
- 2 son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah
- 3 one of the sons of Jeduthun, in the time of David

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 25:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=22) — As for the people who were left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he…
- [2 Kings 25:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=23) — Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor…
- [2 Kings 25:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=24) — Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, “Don’t be afraid because of the servants of the Kasdim…
- [2 Kings 25:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=25) — But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring came, and ten men…
- [Jeremiah 38:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=1) — Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah…
- [Jeremiah 39:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/39?v=14) — sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of…
- [Jeremiah 40:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=5) — Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom…
- [Jeremiah 40:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=6) — Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the…
- [Jeremiah 40:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=7) — Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon…
- [Jeremiah 40:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/40?v=8) — then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Yochanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and…