NEZIAH

ne-zi'-a (netsiach): The head of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:54; Nehemiah 7:56), called in 1 Esdras 5:32, "Nasi" (the King James Version and the Revised Version margin "Nasith").

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.