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HebrewH5166Proper Noun (Masculine)

נְחֶמְיָה

ne.chem.yah

7Occurrences
H5166Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites

from H5162 (נָחַם) and H3050 (יָהּ); consolation of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Nehemiah = "Jehovah comforts" 1) the son of Hachaliah, cupbearer to king Artaxerxes, who became governor of Judah after the return from exile 2) one of the 12 heads of the people who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 3) son of Azbuk and ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נְחֶמְיָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
6
Ezra
1

Key Passages

Ezra 2:2BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

Nehemiah 1:1BSB

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Nehemiah 12:26BSB

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

Nehemiah 12:47BSB

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

Nehemiah 3:16BSB

Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.