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Meaning of Nehemiah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə

Definitions

  1. A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
  2. The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Equivalents

العربية نحميا
Català Nehemies
Čeština Nehemiáš
Cymraeg Nehemeia
Deutsch Nehemia
Ελληνικά Νεεμίας
Español Nehemías
Suomi Nehemia
Français Néhémie
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Nehemia
עברית נחמיה
Bahasa Indonesia Nehemia
Italiano Neemia
日本語 ネヘミヤ ネヘミヤ記
Lietuvių Nehemijo knyga
Latviešu Nehemija
Nederlands Nehemia
Polski Księga Nehemiasza Nehemiasz
Português Neemias Nehemias
Русский Кни́га Нееми́и Нееми́я
Slovenčina Nehemiáš
Slovenščina Nehemija
Svenska Nehemja
Kiswahili Nehemia
Tiếng Việt Nơ-khe-mi-a

Examples

“Nehemiah stood firm by rejecting the imaginative and wicked spin the enemies put on reality and persisted in what God had called him to do. Then he prayed that, rather than his hands dropping from the work, God would strengthen them in...[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Neher nehiloth nêhinawêwin Nehirowimowin Nēhiyawēwin Nehls

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