Strong H5166H5166Gנְחֶמְיָה
Nehemiah
One of the 3 senses of Strong H5166
- Transliteration
- nechemyâh
- Pronunciation
- nekh-em-yaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
Meaning of the name
Nehemiah = "Jehovah comforts"
General definition
In the biblical story
Nehemiah
A leader who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah was among the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H5166G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nehemiah2
First verses
- Ezra 2:2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;