Dictionaries :: Pethahiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pethahiah:

loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1Ch 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezr 10:23). (3.) Neh 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh 11:24).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Pethahiah:

the Lord opening; gate of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

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).

Nave's Topical Bible

Pethahiah: 1. A Priest during the Reign of David

1Ch 24:16

Pethahiah: 2. A Levite

Who divorced his Gentile wife,

Ezr 10:23.

Probably identical with the one mentioned,

Neh 9:5.

Pethahiah: 3. A Counselor of Artaxerxes

Neh 11:24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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)