Strong’s
H5166Proper name, a person8 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Ezra 2:2נְחֶמְיָה
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Nehemiah 1:1נְחֶמְיָה
These 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,
Brown-Driver-Briggs
נְחֶמְיָה n.pr.m. (Yah comforts)
1. the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus
2. ruler of half the district of Bethzur
3. one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.