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Nehemiah
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
The Tirshatha or Governor under the Persian king; a well known faithful character in the church after the return of the people from Babylon. (See the Book of Nehemiah 1:1 - Nehemiah 13:31.) His name if derived from Nacham, signifies the comfort of the Lord. Nacham, or Nehem, and Jah.
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Nehemiah'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/pmd/n/nehemiah.html. London. 1828.