Delaiah. [Dela'iah]
1. Leader of one of the courses of priests. 1 Chronicles 24:18.
2. Founder of a family whose genealogy was lost. Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62.
3. Father of Shemaiah who sought to dishearten Nehemiah. Nehemiah 6:10.
4. Son of Shemaiah and prince at the court of Jehoiakim. Jeremiah 36:12, Jeremiah 1:36.