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Nehemias

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nē - hḗ - mı̄´as : Greek form of the Hebrew Nehemiah .

(1) Νεεμίας , Neemı́as , one of the leaders of the return under Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:8) = "Nehemiah" of Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7 .

(2) Νεεμίας , Neemı́as , Codex Vaticanus Ναιμίας , Naimı́as , the prophet Nehemiah (1 Esdras 5:40 where the King James Version margin reads "Nehemias who also is Atharias"). Neither Nehemias nor Attharias is found in the parallel Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65 , but התּרשׁתא , ha -tirshāthā' = Tirshatha , "the governor," by whom Zerubbabel must be intended. Thus, the Hebrew word for "governor" has been converted into a proper name and by some blunder the name Nehemiah inserted, perhaps because he also was known by the title of "governor."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Nehemias'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​n/nehemias.html. 1915.