Berechiah
be.rekh.yah is a personal name used for men identified in genealogies, family lines, civic work, and prophetic lineage.
The supplied passages use this noun proper as a personal name, chiefly in ancestry and family identification: men are named as fathers, sons, or members of listed lines. It also identifies a gatekeeper, an Ephraimite leader, and the father named in Zechariah’s prophetic lineage.
Senses in use
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Personal name in family and lineage identification · dominant
In 1 Chronicles 15:17 the APB renders Asaph as “son of Berechiah,” and in 1 Chronicles 9:16 it identifies Berechiah as “son of Asa son of Elkanah.” Nehemiah 3:4 and Nehemiah 3:30 likewise identify Meshullam through his father, while Zechariah 1:1 names Zechariah as “son of Berechiah son of Iddo.” The supplied morphology marks the form as a noun proper in each instance.
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Personal name in named roles and lists · occasional
In 1 Chronicles 15:23 the APB renders Berechiah alongside Elkanah as serving “as gatekeepers for the ark.” In 2 Chronicles 28:12, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth is among Ephraimite leaders who confronted those returning from the army; 1 Chronicles 3:20 also places the name within a list of persons.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Berechiah” or “Berechiah’s” within personal names and family descriptions. Its English confirms the verse-level identification but does not supply a separate lexical rendering beyond the name.