H6611

פתחיה

פתחיה

pathachaayah

Proper masculine noun · From פתח (H6605) and יה (H3050)

From H6605 and H3050; Jah has opened; Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites:—Pethakiah.

Outline

Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"

a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3
a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people

Usages

1 Chronicles 24:16

The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

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Ezra 10:23

Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah,(the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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Nehemiah 11:24

And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

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