Mehida

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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]

Ezra 2:52Nehemiah 7:54

Hitchcock's Bible Names [2]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]

MEHIDA. The eponym of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerub. ( Ezra 2:52 = Nehemiah 7:54 ), called in 1Es 5:32 Meedda.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile. Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]

Mehi'da. (famous, noble). A family of Nethinim, the descendants of Mehida. returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]

mḗ - h̄´da ( מחידא , meḥı̄dhā' , "renowned"; "Meeda" (1 Esdras 5:32)): Ancestor and patronymic of a family of Nethinim who came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

(Hebrews Mechida', מְחַידָא, prob. joining; Sept. in Ezra Μεϊδά v. r. Μαουδά, in Nehemiah Μεειδά v. r. Μιδά ; Vulg. Mahida), a name given in Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54, apparently as that of a person whose descendants (or possibly a place whose inhabitants) were among the Nethinim of the "children" (i.e. probably residents) of Bazlith, after the exile. BC. ante 536.

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