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פְּתַחְיָה

pe.tach.yahPethahiah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man4 occurrences3 books4 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Pethahiah: Head of the 19th priestly division
  • Pethahiah: Levite who married a foreign woman
  • Pethahiah: Levite appointed for the king's matters
  • Pethahiah: Levite who led the people in confession

Definition

from H6605 and H3050; Jah has opened; Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites
Traditional renderings: Pethakiah.

Glossary entries

Pethahiah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 24:16לִֽפְתַחְיָה֙ · to Pethahiah
    …the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
  2. Ezra 10:23פְּתַֽחְיָ֥ה · Pethahiah
    Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
  3. Nehemiah 9:5פְתַֽחְיָ֔ה · and Pethahiah
    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 exalted above all blessing and praise.
  4. Nehemiah 11:24וּפְתַֽחְיָ֨ה · Pethahiah
    Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.