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keÌ„Ì-lā´ya, keÌ„Ì-lı̄´a (קליה, kÌ£eÌ„laÌ„yaÌ„h, “swift for Yahâ€[?]; ΚωλιÌος, KoÌ„lı̄os; Codex Vaticanus, ΚωÌνος, KoÌ„Ìnos): One of the priests who had “foreign wives†(, also “Kelitaâ€). In parallel list of 1 Esdras 9:23, he again has a double name - “Colius†and “Calitas.†A “Kelita†is named as helping Ezra at the expounding of the law (; compare 1 Esdras 9:48, “Calitasâ€), and also among the signatories of the covenant (; for nature of covenant see ff). They may not, however, be the same person.