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HebrewH6611Proper Noun (Masculine)

פְּתַחְיָה

pe.tach.yah

4Occurrences
H6611Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites

from H6605 (פָּתַח) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has opened;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at § Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah" 1) a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of ) 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פְּתַחְיָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
2
1 Chronicles
1
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 24:16BSB

the nineteenth to Pethahiah,the twentieth to Jehezkel,

Ezra 10:23BSB

Among the Levites:Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

Nehemiah 11:24BSB

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.

Nehemiah 9:5BSB

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting:Blessed be Your glorious name,and may it be exaltedabove all blessing and praise.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.