Nehemiah
pronunciation
How to pronounce Nehemiah in British English:
UK [,ni:i'maiə]
How to pronounce Nehemiah in American English:
US [ˌnihəˈmaɪə, ˌniə-]
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- Noun:
- an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jeruslaem after the Babylonian Captivity
Word Origin
- Nehemiah
- masc. proper name, Jewish leader under Persian king Artaxerxes, from Hebrew Nehemyah, literally "the Lord comforts."
Example
- 1. These are the kinds of things nehemiah now faces ( neh . 6 ) .
- 2. By an extraordinary combination of exhortation command and executive action nehemiah restores covenantal discipline .
- 3. But perhaps we can profitably focus on one or two elements of nehemiah 1 , trailing on to nehemiah 2 .
- 4. Some of their plan is disclosed in the book of ezra ; even more of it surfaces in nehemiah .
- 5. In all these machinations , nehemiah steers a straight course , asks god for help , and shows himself to be a discerning and far-seeing leader .