Quick Definition
Nehelam
Biblical Persons & Places
Nehelamite
People from Nehel(?)
People from Nehelm(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24;
only referred to as Nehelamite (נֶחֱלָמִי).
Strong's Definition
a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam
Derivation: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492 (חָלַם)); dreamed;
KJV Usage: Nehelamite.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
1) the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Someone descended from Nehel(?), first mentioned at Jer.29.24
§ Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נֶחֱלָמִי
nechĕlâmý̂y
BDB Definition:
Nehelamite = he of the dream
1) the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of H2492)
Total KJV Occurrences: 3