Lexical 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. |