1. Berechiah (proper name) — The proper name Berechiah / Berekhyahu (Hebrew יְבֶרֶכְיָהוּ / בֶּרֶכְיָה, 'YHWH blesses'), borne by several individuals: (1) father of Asaph the singer (1 Chronicles 6:39, 15:17), (2) a Levite gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 9:16), (3) son of Meshillemoth (2 Chronicles 28:12), (4) father of Meshullam (Nehemiah 3:4, 30; 6:18), (5) father of Zechariah the prophet (Zechariah 1:1, 7), and (6) a son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:20). All three clusters are the same name with variation in transliteration (Berechiah, Berekhyah, Berekhyahu) and conjunctive prefix. Cross-linguistically uniform: Spanish Berequias, Arabic بَرَكِيَّا (Barakiyya), Korean 베레검/베레갸 (Beregem/Beregya), Swahili Berekia, Hindi बेरेक्याह/बेरेक्याहू (Berekyah/Berekyahu). 11×
AR["برِكْياهو","بَرَخْيا","بَرَكِيَّا","بَرَكِيَّاهُو","بَرَكْيَا","وَ-برِكيا","وَ-بَرَكِيَّا","وَبَرَكْيَا"]·ben["ও-বেরিখিয়","ও-বেরেখিয়","ও-বেরেখীয়া","বেরিখিয়-এর","বেরিখিয়ের","বেরেখিয়","বেরেখিয়াহু","বেরেখিয়ের","বেরেখীয়ের"]·DE["Berechja","[ברכיהו]","[וברכיה]"]·EN["Berechiah","Berekhyah","Berekhyahu","and-Berekhyah"]·FR["Bérékia","bénédiction","et-Bérékia"]·heb["ברכיה","ברכיהו","ו-ברכיה"]·HI["और-बेरेक्याह","बेरेक्या-के","बेरेक्याह-का","बेरेक्याह-के","बेरेक्याहू","बेरेक्याहू-के"]·ID["Berekhya","dan-Berekhya"]·IT["Berechia","e-Berechia"]·jav["Berekhya","Bèrèkhya","Bèrèkhyahu","Bérèkhya","Bérékhia","Lan-Bèrèkhya","lan-Bèrèkhya"]·KO["그-와-베레기야","그리고-베레걨","베레가의","베레갸야가","베레갸와","베레건의","베레검-의","베레겄의","베레기야"]·PT["Berekhyah","Berekhyahu","Berekyah","Berekyahu","E-Berekhyah","e-Berechyah","e-Berekhyah"]·RU["Берехия","Берехьи","Берехьяху","и-Берехия","и-Берехья"]·ES["Berequyahu","Berequías","Y-Berequías","y-Berequya","y-Berequías"]·SW["Berekia","Berekya","na-Berekia","na-Berekya"]·TR["Berekya","Berekya'nın","Ve-Berekya","ve-Berekya"]·urd["اور-برکیاہ","اور-بریکیاہ","برکیاہ","برکیاہ-کا","بریکیاہ-کا","و-برکیہ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. ( = יְבָרֶכְיָהוּ s. Yah blesseth Ges§ 27, 3) father of a Zechariah in Isaiah’s time Is 8:2; usually in abbreviated form as foll.: בֶּרֶכְיָה, 1. son of Zerubbabel 1 Ch 3:20. 2. a Levite guard of the ark 1 Ch 9:16; 15:23. 3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah’s chiefs Ne 3:4, 30; 6:18. 4. father of the prophet Zechariah Zc 1:1 = בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ v 7; בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ also 5. father of Asaph 1 Ch 6:24; 15:17. 6. Ephraimite chief 2 Ch 28:12.