Nehemiah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
  2. The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  4. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Nehemiah.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Nehemiah (aspirated h).wav

Word forms

Nehemiah

Etymology

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

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