Nehemiah (n.)

  1. an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

    [ Syn: nehemiah , book of nehemiah ]

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