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nehemiah
/ˌniəˈmaɪə/
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What does nehemiah mean?
proper noun
- A governor of Judea who was, according to the Tanakh, sent by the king of Persia to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
- The sixteenth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A surname.
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As Nehemiah, that grand prohibitionist, said: "What have you to do to build the walls of our God."
Thus, the Jews, after leaving Babylon with Esdras and Nehemiah, soon became richer and more powerful than they had been under their kings.
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In the first years of the eighteenth century Dr. Nehemiah Grew, of the Royal Society, published his Cosmologia Sacra to refute anti-scriptural opinions by producing evidences of creative design.
The Books of Esdras and Nehemiah were written certainly after their return from captivity; because their return, the re-edification of the walls and houses of Jerusalem, the renovation of the Covenant, and ordination of their policy are therein contained.