Strong's Number H1296

בֶּרֶכְיָה

Berekyah · beh-rek-yaw'

Transliteration:

Berekyah{beh-rek-yaw'}or Berekyahuw{beh-rek-yaw'-hoo}

Word Origin:

from 1290 and 3050

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Berekjah, the name of six Israelites

Usage in the KJV:

Berechiah 10, Berachiah 1

Total: 11
Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"

a son of Zerubbabel
a Levite who returned for the exile
father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
father of Zechariah
a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz