H7425 - רְמַלְיָהוּ (Rᵉmalyâhûw)

H7425 רְמַלְיָהוּ (Rᵉmalyâhûw) rem-al-yaw'-hoo

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Remaliah

Biblical Persons & Places

Remaliah Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.25; only referred to as Remaliah (רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ); father of Pekah.

Strong's Definition

Remaljah, an Israelite

Derivation: from an unused root and H3050 (יָהּ) (perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked;

KJV Usage: Remaliah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Remaliah = "protected by Jehovah"

1) father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.25; father of: Pekah (H6492) § Remaliah = "protected by Jehovah" father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְמַלְיָהוּ remalyâhû BDB Definition: Remaliah = protected by Jehovah 1) father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root and H3050 (perhaps meaning to deck) Total KJV Occurrences: 13

Bible Occurrences (13)

15:25 15:27 15:30 15:32 15:37 16:1 16:5

28:6

7:1 7:4 7:5 7:9 8:6

2 Kings 15:25

Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob,... Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, [Pekah] struck down and killed [Pekahiah] and reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:27

In the fifty-second... year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, [and he reigned] in Samaria twenty years.

2 Kings 15:30

Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, [Hoshea] attacked [Pekah], killed him, and reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:32

In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king... of Judah.

2 Kings 15:37

In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth...... year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king... of Judah.

2 Kings 16:5

Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged... Ahaz but could not overcome [him].

2 Chronicles 28:6

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 {}...... valiant men in Judah. [This happened] because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.