בֶּרֶכְיָה
be.rekh.yah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.20;
son of: Zerubbabel (H2216);
brother of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142), Abiud (G0010)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.39;
son of: Shimea (H8092H);
father of: Asaph (H0623H)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.16;
son of: Asa (H0609H)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.28.12;
son of: Meshillemoth (H4919)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.3.4;
son of: Meshezabel (H4898);
father of: Meshullam (H4918R)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Zec.1.1;
son of: Iddo (H5714J);
father of: Zechariah (H2148B)
§ Berachiah or Berechiah = "Jehovah blesses"
1. a son of Zerubbabel
2. a Levite who returned for the exile
3. father of Meshullam, one of Nehemiah's chiefs who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
4. father of Zechariah
5. a Gershonite Levite, the father of Asaph, the singer, doorkeeper of the ark
6. an Ephraimite chief in the time of Ahaz
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- 1 Chronicles 3:20 וּבֶרֶכְיָ֧ה
and five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 בֶּרֶכְיָ֖הוּ
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 9:16 וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה
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.
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 בֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּס
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 15:23 וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
- 2 Chronicles 28:12 בֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּ
Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
- Nehemiah 3:4 בֶּרֶכְיָ֖ה
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.
- Nehemiah 3:30 בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה
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.
- Nehemiah 6:18 בֶּֽרֶכְיָֽה׃
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.
- Zechariah 1:1 בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה
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:
- Zechariah 1:7 בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ
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.
