Ne·he·mi·ah 1 (n??h?-m???, n???-) A Jewish leader and governor of Judea in the fifth century bc.[Hebrew n??emy?h, Yahweh comforted : ni?am, n??em, he comforted; see n?m in Semitic roots + y?h, Yahweh; see hwy in Semitic roots.]Ne·he·mi·ah 2 (n??h?-m???, n???-)n. See Table at Bible.[After Nehemiah.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Nehemiah (?ni???ma??) n1. (Bible) 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 captivity2. (Bible) the book recounting the acts of NehemiahCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ne?he?mi?ah (?ni ??ma? ?) n. 1. a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c. 2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.