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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פְּתַחְיָה
פְּתַחְיָה
H6611
Transliteration: Pᵉthachyâh
Pronunciation: peth-akh-yaw'
Definition: Pethakiah
Original: פּתחיה Transliteration: pethachyâh Phonetic: peth-akh-yaw'
BDB Definition:
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