Bible Names

Nehelamite: meaning of the name

Nehelamite means “dreamer; vale; brook.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Nehelamite in Hebrew and Greek

נֶחֱלָמִי H5161

Nechĕlâmîy (nekh-el-aw-mee') — a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam

apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492...

Nehelamite in Scripture

“Nehelamite” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Jeremiah 29:24

    Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

  • Jeremiah 29:31

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

  • Jeremiah 29:32

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.