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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

me-hi'-da (mechidha', "renowned"; "Meeda" (1 Esdras 5:32)): Ancestor and patronymic of a family of Nethinim who came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:52; Ne 7:54).