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נְחֶמְיָה proper name, masculine (
Yah comforts,
ᵐ5 Νεεμιας(
#NAME?), etc.; — proper name
נחמיה(וׅ on Israel scarab in BM, ClGann
Jas 1883, Fév.-Mars. 156 No. 42); —
1 the son of Hachaliah, governor of Judah under Artaxerxes Longimanus Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 12:26,47.
2 ruler of half the district of Bethzur Nehemiah 3:16.
3 one of twelve heads of people who returned with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:2 = Nehemiah 7:7.