Nehemiah

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
4/16/2019, 9:13 PM	Mike C	update #103
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
7/11/2018, 11:16 AM	Mike C	update #100
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical

Scripts נְחֶמְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˌni.hɪ.ˈmaɪ.ə/(English)

Meaning & History

Means "Yahweh comforts" in Hebrew, derived from נָחַם (naḥam) meaning "to comfort" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.