Every Name in Tanakh

חֶלְדַּי Heldai

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 52×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Zechariah 6:10 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:15.

Zechariah 6:10זכריה ו:י

לָקוֹחַ מֵאֵת הַגּוֹלָה מֵחֶלְדַּי וּמֵאֵת טוֹבִיָּה וּמֵאֵת יְדַֽעְיָה וּבָאתָ אַתָּה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וּבָאתָ בֵּית יֹאשִׁיָּה בֶן־צְפַנְיָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ מִבָּבֶֽל

’Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, that are come from Babylon; and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

1 Chronicles 27:15דברי הימים א כז:טו

הַשְּׁנֵים עָשָׂר לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הַחֹדֶשׁ חֶלְדַּי הַנְּטוֹפָתִי לְעָתְנִיאֵל וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָֽלֶף

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Heldai?

Heldai — חלדי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 52 in the standard method.

How many times is Heldai named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Zechariah 6:10.

A spelling is not a name. The written word חלדי stands 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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