Nehemiah

[ nee-uh-mahy-uh ]

/ ˌni əˈmaɪ ə /

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noun

a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.

a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Neh.

a male given name.

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Also Douay Bible, Ne·he·mi·as

[nee-uh-mahy-uhs] /ˌni əˈmaɪ əs/ (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin of Nehemiah

Ultimately from Hebrew Nĕḥemyāh “Yahweh comforts”

Words nearby Nehemiah

Negropont, Negros, Negro spiritual, negus, NEH, Nehemiah, Neher, Nehru, Nehru, Jawaharlal, neigh, neighbor

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How to use Nehemiah in a sentence

About a year before he died, he was shot by a man Walter Franklin described as a friend of Nehemiah’s mother.
Minneapolis Police Were Cleared in the 2013 Killing of Terrance Franklin. A Video Complicates the Story—and Now the Case May Be Reopened|Josiah Bates|June 25, 2021|Time
Franklin was no longer with Nehemiah’s mother, Ashley Martin, but she said he sent money when he had it, and covered half the cost of birthdays, Christmases and school supplies.
Minneapolis Police Were Cleared in the 2013 Killing of Terrance Franklin. A Video Complicates the Story—and Now the Case May Be Reopened|Josiah Bates|June 25, 2021|Time
Nehemiah, the name on the other forearm, is his son, who was 4 years old when Franklin died.
Minneapolis Police Were Cleared in the 2013 Killing of Terrance Franklin. A Video Complicates the Story—and Now the Case May Be Reopened|Josiah Bates|June 25, 2021|Time
The practice of making confession, then, was fully illustrated in the conduct both of Ezra and Nehemiah, and of Israel with them.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

As a nation, after the return from Babylon, under Nehemiah, the whole people and their rulers also entered into covenant with God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
“Strange Adventures of Mr. Nehemiah Solny,” projected, xxiii.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Nehemiah Grew was interested in the process of secondary thickening, but he only arrived at a dim notion of how it took place.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
Although it is as an anatomist that Nehemiah Grew is best known, his grasp of external morphology is perhaps even more remarkable.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Nehemiah

Nehemiah

/ (ˌniːɪˈmaɪə) /

noun Old Testament

a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, who in 444 bc became a leader in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity

the book recounting the acts of Nehemiah

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