Mehida
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Mehi'da. (Famous, Noble). A family of Nethinim, the descendants of Mehida. returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
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 [3]
Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile. Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Ezra 2:52 Nehemiah 7:54
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(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.
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 ).
