2469. Chelday
Strong's Lexicon
Chelday: Heldai

Original Word: חֶלְדַּי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Chelday
Pronunciation: khel-dah'-ee
Phonetic Spelling: (khel-dah'-ee)
Definition: Heldai
Meaning: Cheldai

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to glide swiftly

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Heldai in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew context.

Usage: The name "Heldai" is understood to mean "worldly" or "mole" in Hebrew. It is used as a proper name for a person in the Old Testament.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of the Old Testament, names often held significant meaning and were sometimes indicative of a person's character or role. Heldai is mentioned in the post-exilic period, a time when the Jewish people were returning from Babylonian captivity and rebuilding their community and religious practices in Jerusalem. This was a period of restoration and renewal for the Israelites.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as choled
Definition
two Isr.
NASB Translation
Heldai (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֶלְדַּי proper name, masculine 1. one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 27:15 (= חֵלֶד 1 Chronicles 11:30 = חֵלֶב 2 Samuel 23:29) ᵐ5 Ξολδεια (#NAME?), ᵐ5L Ολδια.

2 a returned exile Zechariah 6:10 (omitted by ᵐ5) = חֵלֶם Zechariah 6:14.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Heldai

From cheled; worldliness; Cheldai, the name of two Israelites -- Heldai.

see HEBREW cheled

Forms and Transliterations
חֶלְדַּ֥י חלדי מֵחֶלְדַּ֕י מחלדי chelDai ḥel·day ḥelday mê·ḥel·day mechelDai mêḥelday
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Chronicles 27:15
HEB: עָשָׂ֣ר הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ חֶלְדַּ֥י הַנְּטוֹפָתִ֖י לְעָתְנִיאֵ֑ל
NAS: month [was] Heldai the Netophathite
KJV: month [was] Heldai the Netophathite,
INT: ten month Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel

Zechariah 6:10
HEB: מֵאֵ֣ת הַגּוֹלָ֔ה מֵחֶלְדַּ֕י וּמֵאֵ֥ת טוֹבִיָּ֖ה
NAS: [an offering] from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah
KJV: of [them of] the captivity, [even] of Heldai, of Tobijah,
INT: Take the exiles Heldai Tobijah and Jedaiah

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2469
2 Occurrences


ḥel·day — 1 Occ.
mê·ḥel·day — 1 Occ.















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