Senses
1. Gedalyahu (proper name) — The proper name Gedalyahu (Gedaliah), referring to several biblical figures including the governor of Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after Jerusalem's fall (2 Kings 25, Jer 39-41). All 26 occurrences denote the same personal name across grammatical contexts: bare citation (eng: Gedalyahu, spa: Gedalias, hin: गदल्याहू, arb: جَدَلْيَاهُو, kor: 게달리야, swa: Gedaliya) and conjunctive form with waw-prefix (eng: and-Gedalyahu, spa: y-Gedalyahu, arb: وَ–جَدَلْيَا). The name means 'YHWH is great.' 26×
AR["جَدَلْيَا","جَدَلْيَاهُو"]·ben["গদলিয়","গদলিয়কে","গদলিয়ের","গদলীয়াহু"]·DE["Gedalja"]·EN["Gedalyahu"]·FR["Guedalia","[גדליהו]"]·heb["גדליהו"]·HI["गदल्याह","गदल्याह-ने","गदल्याहू"]·ID["Gedalya"]·IT["Ghedalia","[גדליהו]"]·jav["Gédalya"]·KO["게달리야","게달리야가","게달리야는","게달리야를","게달리야에게","게달리야와","게달리야의"]·PT["Gedalyahu"]·RU["Гедалией","Гедалии","Гедалияhу","Гедалияу","Гедальягу"]·ES["Gedalyahu","Gedalías"]·SW["Gedalia","Gedaliya"]·TR["Gedalya","Gedalya'nın","Gedalya'ya","Gedalya'yla","Gedalya'yı"]·urd["جدلیاہ","جدلیاہ-نے","جدلیاہ-کے"]
2 Kgs 25:22, 2 Kgs 25:23, 2 Kgs 25:23, 2 Kgs 25:24, 2 Kgs 25:25, 1 Chr 25:3, 1 Chr 25:9, Jer 38:1, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:7, Jer 40:9, Jer 40:11 (+14 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
גְּדַלְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is great)— 1. governor of Judea = גדליה 2 K 25:22–25 Je 39:14; 40:6–16; 41:1–18; 43:6 (24 times) 2. son of Pashur, one of the chiefs of Jerusalem in the time of Jeremiah Je 38:1. 3. one of the sons of Jeduthun, in the time of David 1 Ch 25:3, 9.