נְחֶמְיָהNᵉchemyâh
proper name, masculine: Yah comforts
Pronunciation: nekh-em-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5166
Meanings
1. the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:2)
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)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 2:2 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
- Nehemiah 1:1 These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress of Susa.
- Nehemiah 3:16 Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth-zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.
- Nehemiah 7:7 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
- Nehemiah 8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don’t mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the Lord your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
- Nehemiah 10:1 The document was ratified and sealed with the following names: The governor: Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).