Atharias

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( Ἀτθαρίας ), a name given ( 1 Esdras 5:40) in connection with that of Nehemias (Nehemiah), evidently by the translator misunderstanding the title Tirshatha (q.v.) of the original text ( Ezra 2:63; comp.  Nehemiah 8:9).