Pethahiah

[Easton] 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). [Smith] (freed by Jehovah). A priest, over the nineteenth course in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:16) (B.C. 1020.) A Levite in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:23) He is probably the same who is mentioned in (Nehemiah 9:5) (B.C. 458.) The son of Meshezabeel, and descendant of Zerah. (Nehemiah 11:24) (B.C. 446.) [Hitchcock] the Lord opening; gate of the Lord [Nave] –1. A priest during the reign of David 1Ch 24:16 –2. A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife Ezr 10:23 .Probably identical with the one mentioned Ne 9:5 –3. A counselor of Artaxerxes Ne 11:24 [STEPBible TIPNR] A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.9.5) only referred to as Pethahiah (פְּתַחְיָה). [Theographic] A descendant of Judah who had some office at the court of Persia (Neh. 11:24).