Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1296: בֶּרֶכְיָה

Berekyâh · pronounced beh-rek-yaw' · “Berechiah”

Definition

Berekjah, the name of six Israelites

KJV translates it as: Berachiah, Berechiah.

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

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.20;
son of: Zerubbabel (H2216);
brother of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142), Abiud (G0010)
§ 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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1296 is translated

  • berekiah ×11

Bible verses with H1296 (Berekyâh)

Berekyâh appears in 11 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:20

    And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab–hesed, five.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:39

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

  • 1 Chronicles 9:16

    And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • 1 Chronicles 15:23

    And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:12

    Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

  • Nehemiah 3:4

    And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.

  • Nehemiah 3:30

    After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

  • Nehemiah 6:18

    For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

  • Zechariah 1:1

    In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

  • Zechariah 1:7

    Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

Words derived from H1296

Βαραχίας G914

Barachías — Barachiah