Definition

Nechemjah, the name of three Israelites

Etymology

from H5162 (נָחַם) and H3050 (יָהּ); consolation of Jah;

Word family

• נָחַם nâcham
• יָהּ Yâhh

How the KJV renders it

• Nehemiah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.