Emily Dickinson Lexicon

Nicodemus (Nicodemus'), proper n. [Gk nikos, conquest + dēmos, people = 'victorious among his people'.]

New Testament pharisee; follower who asked Christ how a man may be born again; man who came to prepare the body of Christ for burial before the resurrection (see ED's letters); [phrase “Nicodemus' Mystery”] question posed by Nicodemus to Jesus, “How can a man be born when he is old?” (see John 3:1-21).