This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H5162 and H3050; consolation of Jah; Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Nehemiah.
Traditional renderings: Nehemiah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
8 total
- Ezra 2:2נְ֠חֶמְיָה · Nehemiah…accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Nehemiah 1:1נְחֶמְיָ֖ה · of NehemiahThese 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 3:16נְחֶמְיָ֣ה · NehemiahBeyond 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.
- Nehemiah 7:7נְחֶמְיָ֡ה · Nehemiah…accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Nehemiah 8:9נְחֶמְיָ֣ה · NehemiahNehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
- Nehemiah 10:1נְחֶמְיָ֧ה · NehemiahNow these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
- Nehemiah 12:26נְחֶמְיָ֣ה · of NehemiahThey 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 12:47נְחֶמְיָ֗ה · NehemiahSo 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.