Pethahiah:
the Lord opening; gate of the Lord
Pethahiah:
peth-a-hi'-a (Pethachyah, "Yah opens up"):
(1) Chief of the 19th course of priests (1Ch 24:16).
(2) One of the Levites having "foreign wives" (Ezr 10:23; Ne 9:5; "Patheus" in 1 Esdras 9:23).
(3) Son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Judah, who was "at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people" (Ne 11:24).
Pethahiah:
(freed by Jehovah).
(1.) A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David (1 Chronicles 24:16). (B.C. 1020)
(2.) A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:23). He is probably the same who is mentioned in Nehemiah 9:5 (B.C. 458)
(3.) The son of Meshezabeel, and descendant of Zerah (Nehemiah 11:24). (B.C. 446)
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