igdaliah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
igdaliah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(whom Jehovah makes great), a prophet or holy man --"the man of God" --named once only, #Jer 36:4| as the father of Hanan. (B.C. before 406.)
igdaliah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
IGDALI'AH (whom Jehovah makes great), a prophet in the days of .Jeremiah; mentioned only once. Jer 35:4.
igdaliah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The "man of God" (i.e. a prophet, one not his own; having parted with all right in himself, to be wholly God's: Deuteronomy 33:1, Moses; Elisha, 2 Kings 4:7; Timothy, 2 Timothy 3:17). Father of Hanan, in the chamber of whose sons Jeremiah (2 Timothy 35:4) met the Rechabites; as consecrated by its association with his name, it was a fit scene for the divine communication.