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Pethahiah
PETHAHIAH (pĕth'a-hī'a, Heb. pethahyâh, Jehovah opens up)
The head priest of the nineteenth course of priests during David’s reign (
PETHAHIAH pĕth’ ə hī’ ə (פְתַחְיָה). 1. The ancestor of a postexilic priestly family (
2. A Levite who was among those induced by Ezra to put away their foreign wives (
3. A Levite (
4. Son of Meshezabel; he advised Zerubbabel in matters “concerning the people” (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(Pethachyah, "Yah opens up"):
(1) Chief of the 19th course of priests (
(2) One of the Levites having "foreign wives" (
(3) Son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Judah, who was "at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people" (