Melatiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְלַטְיָה

מְלַטְיָה

Mᵉlaṭyâh · pronounced mel-at-yaw' · Strong's H4424 · a man

Melatiah means (whom) Jah has delivered.

Built from

מֶלֶט meleṭ (from, H4423) — cement (from its plastic smoothness) open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H4423 and H3050; (whom) Jah has delivered; Melatjah, a Gibeonite.

First appearance

Neh 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. (KJV)

Every verse that names Melatiah

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Nehemiah

Neh 3:7

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