Berekyâh — H1296

Definition

masculine proper noun

Berekjah, the name of six Israelites

1. Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
2. a son of Zerubbabel
3. a Levite who returned for the exile
4. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
5. father of Zechariah
6. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
7. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz

Usually translated as

Berechiah, Berachiah

Origin

or Berekyâhûw; from H1290 and H3050; knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah

• Derived from Berek (H1290)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Greek equivalents

• Barachías (G914)

Occurrences

Berekyâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (3), Zechariah (2)

• 1 Chronicles 3:20 — And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah (וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧ה), and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
• 1 Chronicles 6:39 — And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah (בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הוּ), the son of Shimea,
• 1 Chronicles 9:16 — And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah (וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה) the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
• 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah (בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּ); and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
• 1 Chronicles 15:23 — And Berechiah (וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙) and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 2 Chronicles 28:12 — Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah (בֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּ) the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
• Nehemiah 3:4 — And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah (בֶּרֶכְיָ֖ה), the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
• Nehemiah 3:30 — After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah (בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה) over against his chamber.
• Nehemiah 6:18 — For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah (בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה).
• Zechariah 1:1 — In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah (בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה), the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
• Zechariah 1:7 — Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah (בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ), the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,