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בֶּרֶכְיָה

be.rekh.yahBerechiah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man11 occurrences4 books11 verses
This name belongs to 6 different people in the Bible:
  • Berechiah: Descendant of David through Zerubbabel
  • Berechiah: Levite musician and gatekeeper in David's time
  • Berechiah: Levite gatekeeper in post-exilic Jerusalem
  • Berechiah: Ephraimite leader who opposed taking Judean captives
  • Berechiah: Israelite who helped repair Jerusalem's wall
  • Berechiah: Father of the prophet Zechariah

Definition

or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 and H3050; knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah; Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
Traditional renderings: Berachiah, Berechiah.

Glossary entries

Berechiah Berachiah Berekiah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 3:20וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧ה · Berechiah
    …and five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:39בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הוּ · of Berechiah
    Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
  3. 1 Chronicles 9:16וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה · and Berechiah
    Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
  4. 1 Chronicles 15:17בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּס · of Berechiah
    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
  5. 1 Chronicles 15:23וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ · Berechiah
    Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
  6. 2 Chronicles 28:12בֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּ · Berechiah
    Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
  7. Nehemiah 3:4בֶּרֶכְיָ֖ה · of Berechiah
    Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.
  8. Nehemiah 3:30בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה · of Berechiah
    Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.
  9. Nehemiah 6:18בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃ · of Berechiah
    For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
  10. Zechariah 1:1בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה · of Berechiah
    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
  11. Zechariah 1:7בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ · of Berechiah
    On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.