King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5166
Transliteration: Nechemyah
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-em-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah comforts", three Israelites
Meaning: Nehemiah -- "Yah comforts", three Israelites
Word Summary
Nechemyah: "Yah comforts", three Israelites
Original Word: נְחֶמְיָהTransliteration: Nechemyah
Phonetic Spelling: (nekh-em-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah comforts", three Israelites
Meaning: Nehemiah -- "Yah comforts", three Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Nehemiah From nacham and Yahh; consolation of Jah; Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites -- Nehemiah.
see HEBREW nacham
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5166. Nechemyah
נְחֶמְיָה proper name, masculine (Yah comforts, ᵐ5 Νεεμιας(+?), etc.; — proper name נחמיה(וׅ on Israel scarab in BM, ClGannJas 1883, Fév.-Mars. 156 No. 42); —
1 the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus Nehemiah 1:1; 8:9; 10:2; 12:26, 47.
2 ruler of half the district of Bethzur Nehemiah 3:16.
3 one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7.