	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Dec 3, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home Winter Holidays Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Gedaliah

Gedaliah (gedulī'u) [key], in the Bible. 1. Son of Jeremiah's protector Ahikam and guardian under Nebuchadnezzar of the Jews who were exempt from the Captivity. He was treacherously murdered, and the day of his death in the seventh month is still observed as a Jewish fast. 2. Musician. 3. Ancestor of Zephaniah. 4. Opponent of Jeremiah. 5. One who had a foreign wife.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Gedaliah from Infoplease:

Tzom Gedaliah: meaning and definitions - Tzom Gedaliah: Definition and Pronunciation
Gedaliah: meaning and definitions - Gedaliah: Definition and Pronunciation
Suggestions for spelling of encyclopedia/gedaliah - The Infoplease spelling checker combines spelling help with our dictionary and thesaurus
Godolias: meaning and definitions - Godolias: Definition and Pronunciation
Ahikam - Ahikam Ahikam , in the Bible, protector of Jeremiah and the father of Gedaliah.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Biblical Proper Names: Biographies

Premium Partner Content

HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Gedaliah

Celebrations (Washington Jewish Week)

california--the nervous camel. (The Review of Contemporary Fiction)

Between issues.(the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin) (The New Leader)

The Silverstone stories (Washington Jewish Week)

The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Judah Under Babylonian Rule (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society)

Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly)

The Judaean priesthood during the Neo-Babylonian and achaemenid periods: A hypothetical reconstruction (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly)

The house of the god who dwells in Jerusalem.(Temple Restoration in Early Achaemenid Judah)(Priester und Leviten im Achamenidischen Juda)(Book review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

Nats touch all the bases, with Jewish 'doubleheader' (Washington Jewish Week)

Local investors expanding horizons. (real estate brokers) (Real Estate Weekly)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.

Infoplease Tools