H5166 H5166
Nehemiah; personal name meaning 'Yah comforts,' borne by the governor of Judah and two other figures.
A theophoric name meaning 'YHWH comforts,' most famously borne by Nehemiah son of Hachaliah, the cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes who became governor of Judah and led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls (Neh 1:1; 8:9). The name also belongs to a ruler of half the district of Beth-zur (Neh 3:16) and to one of the twelve leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from exile (Ezra 2:2). All translations preserve the name phonetically -- Nehemias, Nehemie, Nehemia -- reflecting its deep recognition across Christian and Jewish tradition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Nehemiah, designating three distinct individuals: (a) the governor of Judah under Artaxerxes who rebuilt Jerusalem's walls and instituted religious reform (Neh 1:1; 8:9; 10:2; 12:26, 47), (b) a district ruler who helped repair the wall (Neh 3:16), and (c) a returnee from exile listed alongside Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2 = Neh 7:7). The theophoric element -yah ('Yah comforts') is reflected in the consistent cross-linguistic transliterations: Spanish Nehemias, French Nehemie, German Nehemia. 8×
AR["نَحَميا", "نَحَمْيا", "نَحَمْيَا"]·ben["নহিমিয়", "নহিমিয়ের"]·DE["Nehemia"]·EN["Nechemyah", "Nehemiah", "Nehemyah"]·FR["Néhémie"]·heb["נחמיה"]·HI["नहेम्याह", "नहेम्याह-के", "नहेम्याह-ने"]·ID["Nehemia"]·IT["Neemia"]·jav["Nehemya"]·KO["느헤미야", "느헤미야가", "느헤미야의"]·PT["Nechemyah", "Nehemyah"]·RU["Нехемией", "Нехемьи", "Нехемья", "Нехемьяху"]·ES["Nehemías"]·SW["Nehemia"]·TR["Nehemya", "Nehemya'nın"]·urd["نحمیاہ", "نحمیاہ-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נְחֶמְיָה n.pr.m. (Yah comforts, 𝔊 Νεεμιας (-ου). etc.;—n.pr. נחמיה(ו) on Isr. scarab in BM, Cl GannJAs 1883, Fév.-Mars. 156 No. 42);— 1. the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus Ne 1:1; 8:9; 10:2; 12:26, 47. 2. ruler of half the district of Bethzur Ne 3:16. 3. one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel Ezr 2:2 = Ne 7:7.