Gedaliah (name)

Gedaliah (גדליה) is a Hebrew given name given to several men in history. It means "made great by God."

People with the name

Biblical figures

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam
- Fast of Gedaliah, an annual Jewish day of fasting, the third day of Tishrei
Gedaliah, son of Pashhur, one of the nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1)

Others with the name

Gedaliah ibn Yahya ben Joseph (c.1515 – c.1587), a 16th-century Italian talmudist
Gedaliah Bublick (1875–1948), a Yiddish writer and Zionist leader
Gedalia Schorr (1910–1979), a Polish-American rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Torah Vodaath
Gedalia Dov Schwartz (born 1925), head of the Chicago Rabbinical Council
Gedalia Yitzhak Schwartz (born 1986), American football player now known as Geoff Schwartz

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