H5161: נֶחֱלָמִי
Nechĕlâmîy · pronounced nekh-el-aw-mee' · “Nehelam”
Definition
a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam
KJV translates it as: Nehelamite.
Word origin: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492 (חָלַם)); dreamed;
Extended definition
§ Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5161 is translated
- nehelamite ×3
Bible verses with H5161 (Nechĕlâmîy)
Nechĕlâmîy appears in 3 verses.
- 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.