H6611: פְּתַחְיָה
Pᵉthachyâh · pronounced peth-akh-yaw' · “Pethahiah”
Definition
Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites
KJV translates it as: Pethakiah.
Word origin: from H6605 (פָּתַח) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has opened;
Extended definition
§ Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"
1) a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
2) a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3
3) a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
4) son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6611 is translated
- pethahiah ×4
Bible verses with H6611 (Pᵉthachyâh)
Pᵉthachyâh appears in 4 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 24:16
The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
- Ezra 10:23
Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
- 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.
- 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.