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TIRSHATHA.—A Persian word = ‘His Excellency,’ or more probably ‘His Reverence,’ mentioned Ezr_2:63 (= Neh_7:65), Neh_7:70; Neh_8:9; Neh_10:1. In the first three passages he is unnamed, but is apparently Zerubbabel; in the last two he is Nehemiah. The title is used interchangeably with the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] pechah or ‘governor,’ of which it may be the Persian equivalent, and apparently represents a plenipotentiary appointed for a special mission.
C. W. Emmet.