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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"
  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

Origin: from H6605" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6605 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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