Word Study · Strong's H1296 · Hebrew
בֶּרֶכְיָה
Berekyah
beh-rek-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Berekyâh
“Berekjah, the name of six Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Berachiah, Berechiah.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה2
- בֶּרֶכְיָ֖ה1
- בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃1
- בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הוּ1
- בֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּ1
- בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ1
- בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּ ס1
- וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧ה1
- וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה1
- וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- Berekiah8
- and Berekiah3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)8
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
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- HNpm · 8
- HC/Npm · 3
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1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 3:20וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧הuverekhyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith, and five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.here: and Berekiah
- 1 Chronicles 6:39בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הוּberekhyahuproper noun (a name)Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:here: Berekiah
- 1 Chronicles 9:16וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤הuverekhyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.here: and Berekiah
- 1 Chronicles 15:17בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּ סberekhyahuproper noun (a name)So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;here: Berekiah
- 1 Chronicles 15:23וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙uverekhyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.here: and Berekiah
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:4בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הberekhyahproper noun (a name)Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs. Next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well.here: Berekiah
- Nehemiah 3:30בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הberekhyahproper noun (a name)Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quarters.here: Berekiah
- Nehemiah 6:18בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃berekhyahproper noun (a name)For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.here: Berekiah
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:1בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הberekhyahproper noun (a name)In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:here: Berekiah
- Zechariah 1:7בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּberekhyahuproper noun (a name)On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.here: Berekiah