Gedaliah (gĕd'a-lî'ah), whom Jehovah hath made powerful. The governor of Judæa, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after its subjection. 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:5. He was a friend of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 40:6; a party headed by Ishmael slew him. Jeremiah 41:2.