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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H1296 - Berechiah

Strong's No.:H1296

Hebrew:בֶּרֶכְיָה

Transliteration:Berekyâh

Phonetic:beh-rek-yaw'

Word Origin:From H1290 and H3050

Bible Usage:{Berachiah} Berechiah.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

knee (that {is} blessing) of Jah; {Berekjah} the name of six Israelites


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"

1. a son of Zerubbabel

2. a Levite who returned for the exile

3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

4. father of Zechariah

5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark

6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz


Bible References:
Berechiah

Translation
Occurrences:
Berachiah ( 1 )
Berechiah ( 10 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.