Strong H5161נֶחֱלָמִי

Nehelam

Transliteration: nechĕlâmîy
Pronunciation: nekh-el-aw-mee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492);
dreamed; a {Nechelamite} or descendant of Nechlam: - Nehelamite.

Meaning of the name

Nehelamite = "he of the dream"

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Nehel(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24

In the biblical story

Nehelamite

Hometown of the false prophet Shemaiah

Nehelam was the hometown of Shemaiah, a false prophet who opposed Jeremiah.

In the Bible

Strong H5161 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

nehelamite3

First verses

Jeremiah 29:24
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Jeremiah 29:31
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Jeremiah 29:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.