Bible Person

Harsha

Meaning: workmanship; a wood · Male · 2 cross references

Harsha is a Nethinim family or servant-house name preserved in Ezra and Nehemiah. It belongs to the service households that support restored temple life after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:52.1

AI summary: Harsha matters because the cross references place the name among the temple-servant groups whose labor undergirds the functioning of worship. Such entries preserve the breadth of communal participation in restoration beyond the better-known leaders and priests. Taken together, the material presents Harsha as a servant-house contributing to the daily reality of restored sacred life.1

Central Figure

Harsha

Meaning: workmanship; a wood

Worker or enchanter, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:52; Neh.