International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-mid'-i-oi, am'-i-doi (the King James Version Ammidioi, (also with aspirate); occurring only in 1 Esdras 5:20): One of the families returning from the Babylonian Captivity in the First Return, under Zerubbabel, in 537 B.C. This name is not found in the corresponding lists of the canonical books, Ezra 2 and Ne 7. Their identity is uncertain.