# Nehemiah

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌniː(h)əˈmaɪə/ · frequency rank #44,959

## 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.

## Etymology
From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`enhemiah`, `neehmiah`, `neheimah`, `nehemaih`, `nehemiahh`, `nehemiha`, `nehemmiah`, `nehhemiah`, `nehmeiah`, `nheemiah`, `nnehemiah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nehemiah