from
H6605 and
H3050; Jah has opened; Pethachjah, the name of four Israelites:--Pethakiah.
Pethahiah = "freed by Jehovah"
- a priest, in charge of the 19th course, in the time of David
- a Levite and returning exile who had married a foreign wife; probably the same as 3
- a Levite who helped lead in the confession of the people in the time of Ezra; probably the same as 2
- son of Meshezabeel, descendant of Zerah the son of Judah; deputy of the king in all matters concerning the people
