- Original: בּרכיהוּ בּרכיה
- Transliteration: Berekyah
- Phonetic: beh-rek-yaw'
- Definition: 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
- Origin: from H1290 and H3050
- TWOT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine
- Strong's: From H1290 and H3050 ; knee (that is blessing) of Jah;
Berekjah the name of six Israelites: - Berachiah Berechiah.
Total KJV Occurrences: 11
• Berachiah, 1
1 Chronicles 6:39
• Berechiah, 10
1 Chronicles 3:20; 1 Chronicles 9:16; 1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 15:23; 2 Chronicles 28:12; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18; Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 1:7