H1296 בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekyâh — Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
KJV: Berachiah, Berechiah.
Built from בֶּרֶךְ berek (a knee) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah”
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yah blesseth) father of a Zechariah in Isaiah’s time Is 8:2; usually in abbreviated form as foll.: בֶּרֶכְיָה,
- 1 son of Zerubbabel
- 2 a Levite guard of the ark
- 3 father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah’s chiefs
- 4 father of prophet Zechariah
- 5 father of Asaph
- 6 Ephraimite chief
Where it occurs
- Zechariah 1:1 — In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah…
- Zechariah 1:7 — On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s…
- Nehemiah 3:4 — Next to them, Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berechiah…
- Nehemiah 3:30 — After him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him…
- Nehemiah 6:18 — For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son…
- 1 Chronicles 3:20 — and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed, five.
- 1 Chronicles 6:24 — His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 9:16 — and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of…
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of…
- 1 Chronicles 15:23 — Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.