a riddle; sharpness of wit
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MEHIDA.The eponym of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerub. (Ezr_2:52 = Neh_7:54), called in 1Es_5:32 Meedda.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Mehi'da. (famous, noble). A family of Nethinim, the descendants of Mehida. returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezr_2:52; Neh_7:54.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
mḗ-h̄?da (מחידא, meḥı̄dhā', ?renowned?; ?Meeda? (1 Esdras 5:32)): Ancestor and patronymic of a family of Nethinim who came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:52; Neh_7:54).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Mehida
(Hebrews Mechida', מְחַידָא, prob. joining; Sept. in Ezra Μεϊδά v. r. Μαουδά, in Nehemiah Μεειδά v. r. Μιδά; Vulg. Mahida), a name given in Ezr_2:52; Neh_7:54, apparently as that of a person whose descendants (or possibly a place whose inhabitants) were among the Nethinim of the children (i.e. probably residents) of Bazlith, after the exile. BC. ante 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.