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Pethahiah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Loosed of the Lord. (1.) The chief of one of the priestly courses (the nineteenth) in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:16). (2.) A Levite (Ezra 10:23). (3.) Neh. 9:5. (4.) A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh. 11:24).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(freed by Jehovah).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PETHAHI'AH (whom God sets free). The head of the nineteenth course of the priests in the reign of David. 1 Chr 24:16. A Levite who had married a foreign woman in the time of Ezra, Ezr 10:23, and probably the same who conducted the solemn service of the fast. Neh 9:5. A descendant of Judah who held an office at the Persian court. Neh 11:24.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
the Lord opening; gate of the Lord
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PETHAHI'AH (whom God sets free). The head of the nineteenth course of the priests in the reign of David. 1 Chr 24:16. A Levite who had married a foreign woman in the time of Ezra, Ezr 10:23, and probably the same who conducted the solemn service of the fast. Neh 9:5. A descendant of Judah who held an office at the Persian court. Neh 11:24.