Nehemiah

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
  • The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Origin

  • From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה ("consolation of Yahweh").

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