Delaiah. [Dela'iah]

1. Leader of one of the courses of priests. 1 Chr. 24: 18.

2. Founder of a family whose genealogy was lost. Ezra 2: 60; Neh. 7: 62.

3. Father of Shemaiah who sought to dishearten Nehemiah. Neh. 6: 10.

4. Son of Shemaiah and prince at the court of Jehoiakim. Jer. 36: 12, 25.