פְּתַחְיָהPᵉthachyâh

פְּתַחְיָה: 1.

Pronunciation: peth-akh-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6611

Meanings

priest (1 Chronicles 24:16)

2. Levite (Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 9:5)

3. Judahite (Nehemiah 11:24)

עשׂב: herbage, grass (Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:16 The nineteenth lot fell to Pethahiah. The twentieth lot fell to Jehezkel.
  • Ezra 10:23 These are the Levites who were guilty: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
  • Nehemiah 9:5 Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!
  • Nehemiah 11:24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the royal adviser in all matters of public administration.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).