Bible Names

Berachiah: meaning of the name

Berachiah means “speaking well of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Berachiah in Hebrew and Greek

בֶּרֶכְיָה H1296

Berekyâh (beh-rek-yaw') — Berekjah, the name of six Israelites

or בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ; from H1290 (בֶּרֶךְ) and H3050 (יָהּ); knee (i.e. blessing) of Jah;

Berachiah in Scripture

“Berachiah” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:39

    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,