Strong’s H5161 · Hebrew
נֶחֱלָמִי
Nechĕlâmîy · nekh-el-aw-mee'
Origin apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of חָלַם (H2492)); dreamed;
Meaning a Nechelamite, or descendant of Nechlam
In the King James Version Nehelamite.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Jeremiah 29:24Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
- Jeremiah 29:31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
- Jeremiah 29:32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.