The meaning of Berechiah in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287):
(1) A descendant of David (I Chronicles 3:20).
(2) The father of Asaph, the singer (I Chronicles 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; I Chronicles 15:17).
(3) A former inhabitant of Jerusalem, a Levee (I Chronicles 9:16).
(4) A doorkeeper 'for the ark at David's time (I Chronicles 15:23).
(5) One of the heads of the children of Ephraim (II Chronicles 28:12).
(6) The father of Meshullam the builder (Nehemiah 3:4, Nehemiah 3:30; Nehemiah 6:18).
(7) The father of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 11:7).
A. L. Breslich
See more on the meaning of Berechiah in the Bible:
Berechiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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