Nehemiah

[ nee-uh-mahy-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Nehemiah

/ ˌniːɪˈmaɪə /

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
the book recounting the acts of Nehemiah

Ultimately from Hebrew Nĕḥemyāh “Yahweh comforts”

The practice of making confession, then, was fully illustrated in the conduct both of Ezra and Nehemiah, and of Israel with them.

As a nation, after the return from Babylon, under Nehemiah, the whole people and their rulers also entered into covenant with God.

“Strange Adventures of Mr. Nehemiah Solny,” projected, xxiii.

Nehemiah Grew was interested in the process of secondary thickening, but he only arrived at a dim notion of how it took place.

Although it is as an anatomist that Nehemiah Grew is best known, his grasp of external morphology is perhaps even more remarkable.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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