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Book of Nehemiah — Book of Nehemiah † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Nehemiah Also called the second Book of Esdras (Ezra), is reckoned both in the Talmud and in the early Christian Church, at least until the time of Origen, as forming one single book… … Catholic encyclopedia
Book of Nehemiah — Hebrew Bible Tanakh … Wikipedia
NEHEMIAH — (Heb. נְחֶמְיָה; YHWH has comforted : fifth century B.C.E.), cupbearer of artaxerxes I and later governor of Judah. Nothing is known of the parentage of Nehemiah except that he was the son of Hacaliah. Two other persons of that name are mentioned … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nehemiah (disambiguation) — Nehemiah may refer to: Nehemiah, a biblical figure Book of Nehemiah, a book of the Bible Rabbi Nehemiah, a Rabbi who lived circa 150 C.E. Renaldo Nehemiah (born 1959), American athlete Skip James (1902–1969), American blues musician, born… … Wikipedia
BOOK OF THE COVENANT — (Heb. Sefer ha Berit), name derived from Exodus 24:7 ( And he took the book of the covenant, and read it aloud to the people.… ), and usually taken to refer to the legal, moral, and cultic corpus of literature found in Exodus 20:22–23:33. This… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nehemiah — For other uses, see Nehemiah (disambiguation). Nehemiah (pronounced /ˌniːəˈmaɪə/ or /ˌniːhəˈmaɪə/; נְחֶמְיָה, Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH), Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which … Wikipedia
Nehemiah — /nee euh muy euh/, n. 1. a Hebrew leader of the 5th century B.C. 2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbr.: Neh. 3. a male given name. Also, Douay Bible, Nehemias /nee euh muy euhs/ (for defs. 1, 2). * * * flourished 5th century BC Jewish… … Universalium
Book of Ezra — The Book of Ezra is a book of the Bible in the Old Testament and Hebrew Tanakh. It is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian captivity. At one time, it included the Book of Nehemiah, and the Jews regarded them as one volume … Wikipedia
Nehemiah — noun an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity • Syn: ↑Book of Nehemiah • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Nehemiah Hayyun — Nehemiah Hiyya ben Moses Hayyun (ca. 1650 – ca. 1730) was a kabalist from Bosnia. His parents, of Sephardic descent, lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where probably he was born, although in later life he pretended that he was a Palestinian emissary… … Wikipedia
