בֶּרֶכְיָה
be.rekh.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H1296
Berechiah
From: or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 (בֶּרֶךְ) and H3050 (יָהּ); knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah;
Short Definition
Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
Full Lexicon Entry
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Zerubbabel (H2216); brother of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142), Abiud (G0010) § Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses" 1) a son of Zerubbabel 2) a Levite who returned for the exile 3) father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem 4) father of Zechariah 5) a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark 6) an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
10 timesAppears 10 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
3
Zechariah
2
2 Chronicles
1
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 15:17
- 1 Chronicles 3:20
- 2 Chronicles 28:12
- Nehemiah 3:30
- Zechariah 1:1
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