Petachyah פְּתַחְיָה

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Petachyah
פְּתַחְיָה
Transliterationpetachyah
Strong's numberH6611 (H6611G, H6611H, H6611I, H6611J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossPethahiah
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inNehemiah (2)

Petachyah (Hebrew פְּתַחְיָה, Strong's H6611) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Pethahiah”. It occurs 4 times.

Definition

H6611G: Pethahiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.16
§ 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

H6611H: Pethahiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23
§ 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

H6611I: Pethahiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.9.5
§ 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

H6611J: Pethahiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.24;
son of: Meshezabel (H4898I)
§ 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpethahiah (4)
BSBpethahiah (4)

Verses

Every verse with Petachyah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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