nehemiah

noun

1. a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Neh.
3. a male given name.

noun Old Testament

1. a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, who in 444 bc became a leader in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity
2. the book recounting the acts of Nehemiah

masc. proper name, Jewish leader under Persian king Artaxerxes, from Hebrew Nehemyah, literally “the Lord comforts.”