Category:Tirshatha

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tirshatha - A word probably of Persian origin, meaning "severity," denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65, Nehemiah 7:70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1, and the "governor" (pehah) in Nehemiah 5:18. Probably, therefore, tirshatha = pehah = the modern pasha.