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Strong's #6611 - פְּתַחְיָה
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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
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1 priest 1 Chronicles 24:16, Εζεκηλ, φεθεια etc.
2 Levite Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 9:5, φαθαια, φεθεια (ς) etc.
3 Judahite Nehemiah 11:24, Παθαια φαθαια.
עֲשַׂב noun [masculine] herbage, grass (see Biblical Hebrew עשׂב); — emphatic עִשְׂבָּא, as fodder: Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21.
פְּתַחְיָה (“whom Jehovah looses,” i.e. has set free), [Pethahiah], pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 24:16.
(2) Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 9:5.
(3) Nehemiah 11:24.