# H5166 נְחֶמְיָה

נְחֶמְיָה (Nᵉchemyâh), Strong’s H5166: Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites KJV: Nehemiah.. Occurs 8 times.

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*Nᵉchemyâh* — Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites

KJV: Nehemiah.

Built from [נָחַם nâcham](https://besorah.bible/word/H5162) (to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “consolation of Jah”

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נְחֶמְיָה n.pr.m. (Yah comforts)
- 1 the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus
- 2 ruler of half the district of Bethzur
- 3 one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 2:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=2) — who came with Zerubbabel, Yeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah…
- [Nehemiah 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/1?v=1) — The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
- [Nehemiah 3:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/3?v=16) — After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite…
- [Nehemiah 7:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=7) — who came with Zerubbabel, Yeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum…
- [Nehemiah 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/8?v=9) — Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the…
- [Nehemiah 10:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/10?v=2) — Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
- [Nehemiah 12:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=26) — These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Yeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and…
- [Nehemiah 12:47](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=47) — All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers…