Tirshatha

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in
     Neh. 8:9; 10:1, and the "governor" (pehah) in 5:18. Probably,
     therefore, tirshatha=pehah=the modern pasha.


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Tirshatha, a governor