How to Pronounce Pethahiah
PETH-uh-HYE-uh
Pethahiah is pronounced PETH-uh-HYE-uh (ˌpɛθəˈhaɪə): four syllables, stress on the first and third.
What does Pethahiah mean?
Pethahiah means “the Lord opening; gate of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Pethahiah?
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).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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