Nᵉchemyâh — H5166

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites

1. Nehemiah = "Jehovah comforts"
2. the son of Hachaliah, cupbearer to king Artaxerxes, who became governor of Judah after the return from exile
3. one of the 12 heads of the people who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
4. son of Azbuk and ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Nehemiah

Origin

from H5162 and H3050; consolation of Jah

• Derived from Nâcham (H5162)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Nᵉchemyâh occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (7)

• Ezra 2:2 — Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah (נְ֠חֶמְיָה), Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
• Nehemiah 1:1 — The words of Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֖ה) the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
• Nehemiah 3:16 — After him repaired Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֣ה) the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
• Nehemiah 7:7 — Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֡ה), Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
• Nehemiah 8:9 — And Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֣ה), which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
• Nehemiah 10:1 — Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֧ה), the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
• Nehemiah 12:26 — These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֣ה) the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
• Nehemiah 12:47 — And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah (נְחֶמְיָ֗ה), gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.