Nehemiah
- proper noun
- /nɪˈhiːməjə/
- Literature
- In the Old Testament, Nehemiah had the task of building... ... a stone wall around his city for protection.
- Ezra and Nehemiah
Examples
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Later, Nehemiah the prophet explained in practical terms the direct effect of "foreign women" among the people.
Academic text (1997) -
You see both these principles at work in Nehemiah's story.
Blog text (16) -
God so moved in the heart of the king, and Nehemiah gets to rebuild the walls.
Blog text (33) -
So they strengthened their hands for this good work. - Nehemiah 2:18
Blog text (26) -
Nehemiah is the narrative of the renewal of the covenant after a time of travail.
Academic text (2006) -
For the Old Testament stops in the period of Ezra and Nehemiah, the fifth century B.C. in Ussher's chronology.
Academic text (1991) -
Once the city was captured, the Persians appointed Nehemiah ben Hushiel as governor, and the new governor lost no time in reestablishing the sacrificial service on the Temple Mount.
Academic text (2013) -
By connecting the two texts containing the number ten, the Masoretes may possibly be suggesting that the Judeans of Nehemiah's time were akin to the ten righteous people of patriarchal times.
Academic text (2007) -
As insinuated above, the assembly of Christians may be likened to that convened by Nehemiah, as recounted in Nehemiah 9, when, emerging from a period of distress, God and people reengaged themselves in covenant fidelity.
Academic text (2006) -
In the book of Nehemiah, a Jewish official leads his people in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem after their return from exile.
Synonyms
A book in the Old Testament that tells how Nehemiah led rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nehemiah comes from Hebrew and means 'Yahweh comforts', combining the root nechem meaning 'to comfort' with Yah, a short form of God's name found in names like Isaiah and Jeremiah. So the book of Nehemiah tells of rebuilding and hope, which fits the idea of God bringing comfort after the exile.