Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nehemiah

/ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: ne-hemi-ah
IPA: /ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

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The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

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A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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Example Sentences

"Nehemiah stood firm by rejecting the imaginative and wicked spin the enemies put on reality and persisted in what God had called him to do. Then he prayed that, rather than his hands dropping from the work, God would strengthen them in...[…]"
"But Skeets is patient and polite. When it all gets too tiresome he gets away with Kim to "relate to Renaldo Nehemiah as a person not affiliated with track.""

Etymology

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: נְחֶמְיָה

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Phrases

Ezra-Nehemiah

Frequently Paired Words

Nahum

Synonyms

Neh.

Rhymes With

via maya messiah jeremiah mariah playa josiah gaia maia papaya jaya aja

Questions

How do you pronounce nehemiah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/.
What does nehemiah mean?: A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Where does nehemiah come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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