H6611 H6611
Pethahiah (personal name meaning 'Yahweh opens/frees')
A personal name borne by three different individuals in the post-exilic period. One Pethahiah was a priest whose division served in David's liturgical organization (1 Chr 24:16). Another was a Levite involved in the confession and covenant renewal under Ezra (Ezra 10:23; Neh 9:5). A third served as royal commissioner for Judah under Persian administration (Neh 11:24). The name means 'Yahweh opens' or 'Yahweh frees,' reflecting post-exilic piety and hope in divine deliverance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The four occurrences reference three different men all named Pethahiah. First Chronicles 24:16 lists the priestly division; Ezra 10:23 and Nehemiah 9:5 likely refer to the same Levite involved in covenant renewal; Nehemiah 11:24 mentions a Judahite serving in Persian administration. The Septuagint transcriptions (Φαθαια, Φεθεια) preserve the name with minor spelling variations typical of transliteration from Hebrew to Greek. 4×
AR["فَتَحْيَا", "لِفَتَحْيَا", "وَ-فَتَحْيا"]·ben["আর-পথহিয়", "পতহিয়", "পতহীয়ার-জন্য", "পথহিয়"]·DE["[ופתחיה]", "[לפתחיה]", "[פתחיה]"]·EN["Petachyah", "Pethahiah", "and-Pethachyah", "for-Petachyah"]·FR["[ופתחיה]", "[לפתחיה]", "[פתחיה]"]·heb["ו-פתחיה", "ל-פתחיה", "פתחיה"]·HI["और-पतह्याह", "पतह्या-के-लिए", "पतह्याह"]·ID["Petahya", "bagi-Petahya", "dan-Petahya"]·IT["[ופתחיה]", "[לפתחיה]", "[פתחיה]"]·jav["Dhateng-Pétahya", "Lan-Petahya", "Petahya"]·KO["그리고-브타히야", "브닥히야와", "브타히야", "에게-플다혀"]·PT["E-Petahyah", "Petachyah", "Petahyah", "para-Petahyah"]·RU["Петахье", "Петахьяху", "и-Петахьяху"]·ES["Petaías", "Petaḥyah", "Y-Petahías", "para-Petajya"]·SW["Pethahia", "kwa-Pethahiya", "na-Pethahia"]·TR["Petahya", "Petahya'ya", "ve-Petahya"]·urd["اور-فتحیاہ", "فتحیاہ", "فتحیاہ-کے-لیے", "پتَحیاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פְּתַחְיָה n.pr.m. 1. priest 1 Ch 24:16, Εζεκηλ, Φεθεια, etc. 2. Levite Ezr 10:23; Ne 9:5, Φαθαια, Φεθεια(ς), etc. 3. Judahite Ne 11:24, Παθαια, Φαθαια.