Remaliah — the meaning of the Hebrew name רְמַלְיָהוּ

רְמַלְיָהוּ

Rᵉmalyâhûw · pronounced rem-al-yaw'-hoo · Strong's H7425 · a man

Remaliah means Jah has bedecked.

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Strong's definition

from an unused root and H3050 (perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked; Remaljah, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Kgs 15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. (KJV)

Every verse that names Remaliah

13 occurrences in 13 verses — 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah

2Kgs 15:252Kgs 15:272Kgs 15:302Kgs 15:322Kgs 15:372Kgs 16:12Kgs 16:52Chr 28:6Isa 7:1Isa 7:4Isa 7:5Isa 7:9Isa 8:6

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