the world; rustiness
(same as Heleb, Heled)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HELDAI.1. The captain of the military guard appointed for the twelfth monthly course of the Temple service (1Ch_27:15). He is probably to be identified with Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, one of Davids thirty heroes (2Sa_23:29). In the parallel list (1Ch_11:30) the name is more correctly given as Heled. The form Heldai is supported by Zec_6:10, and should probably be restored in the other two passages. 2. According to Zec_6:10, one of a small band who brought gifts of gold and silver from Babylon to those of the exiles who had returned under Zerubbabel. From these gifts Zechariah was told to make a crown for Joshua the high priest, which was to be placed in the Temple as a memorial of Heldai and his companions. In v. 14 Helem is clearly an error for Heldai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_27:15.
2. A Jew from Babylon, from whom and Tobijah and Jedaiah the gold and silver which they presented toward building the temple were to be taken, and crowns made for Joshua's head, afterward to be deposited in the temple as a memorial of the donors (as Cornelius' prayers and ahns of faith "came up for a memorial before God," Act_10:4), until Messiah should come. Heldai means "robust"; called also Helem (Zec_6:10; Zec_6:14).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Hel'da-i. (worldly).
1. The twelfth captain, of the monthly courses for the Temple service. 1Ch_27:15. (B.C. 1014).
2. An Israelite, who seems to have returned from the captivity. Zec_6:10. (B.C. 520).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
hel?dā̇-ı̄ (הלדּי, ḥelday):
(1) A captain of the temple-service, appointed for the 12th month (1Ch_27:15). Same as Heled (חלד, ḥēledh) in parallel list (compare 1Ch_11:30), and is probably also to be identified with Heleb, son of Baanah the Metophathite, one of David's heroic leaders (2Sa_23:29).
(2) One of a company of Jews who brought gifts of gold and silver from Babylon to assist the exiles under Zerubbabel (Zec_6:10).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Heldai
(Heb. Chelday', חֶלְדִי, worldly; Sept. Χολδαϊv, but οἱ ἄρχοντες in Zec_6:10; Vulg. Holdai), the name of two men.
1. A Netophathite and descendant of Othniel, chief of the twelfth division (24,000) of David's forces (1Ch_27:15). B.C. 1014. In 1Ch_11:30 (where he is called HELED) his father's name is said to be Baanahb; and in the parallel passage (2Sa_23:29) he is called HELEB.
2. One of those lately returned from the Captivity whom the prophet Zechariah was directed to take with him when he went to crown the high- priest Joshua, as a symbol of the future Messiah's advent (Zec_6:10). B.C. 520. In Zec_6:14 the name is written HELEM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.